Old pipes swallow half Namibia’s water
Verified: 2 outlets have reported this story since Nov 11, 2 of them from Namibia.
Namibia loses more than 50% of its water during supply because of ageing infrastructure and evaporation. Minister of agriculture, fisheries, water and land reform Inge Zaamwani says the country cannot afford to lose so much water when farmers are already struggling with water shortages due to worsening drought conditions. “50% of the water that we put in our pipeline to supply our community gets lost because the infrastructure is aged or because of the heat that actually takes the water away from the canals. It is not fair that we are already a water-stressed country and more than 50% of
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2 outlets from Namibia, where the story is: The Namibian, 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 h· you’re reading thisOld 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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