Half of Namibia’s water lost before it reaches taps
Verified: 3 outlets have reported this story since Nov 11, 3 of them from Namibia.
Namibia's central coast requires more than twice the amount of water its groundwater sources can supply, while more than half the water entering the country's supply systems is los...
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3 outlets from Namibia, where the story is: The Namibian, Namibian Sun, New Era · how we count
- Nov 11, 9:17 AM UTCFirst reportMore than half of Namibia’s water get lostneweralive.na ↗
- Nov 11, 3:05 PM UTC+6 hOld pipes swallow half Namibia’s waternamibian.com.na ↗
- Severity rose to medium
- Verified: a second independent outlet reported itNov 11, 3:05 PM UTC · +6 h
- Nov 11, 10:27 PM UTC+13 h· you’re reading thisHalf of Namibia’s water lost before it reaches tapsnamibiansun.com ↗
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