More than half of Namibia’s water get lost
Verified: 2 outlets have reported this story since Nov 11, 2 of them from Namibia.
SWAKOPMUND – More than 50% of the water supplied through Namibia’s distribution system is lost before reaching communities, while access to basic sanitation remains below 40%. This is according to the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Land Reform, Inge Zaamwani, who was speaking at the third Namibia Regional Water Symposium in Swakopmund yesterday, The...
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Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
Who reported it
2 outlets from Namibia, where the story is: The Namibian, New Era · how we count
- Nov 11, 9:17 AM UTCFirst report· you’re reading thisMore 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
[Claude] Both reports cover the same minister's statement that over 50% of Namibia's supplied water is lost to ageing infrastructure and evaporation, and neither contradicts the other.
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