The Ministry of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform is extending and upgrading the Outapi water treatment plant in the Omusati Region following a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday.

Minister of Agriculture, Water, and Land Reform, Calle Schlettwein, is worried about the progress of the Rundu Water Treatment Plant in the Kavango East Region. 

Once operational, the Rundu Water Treatment Plant is expected to bring an end to the town's water crisis. 

Stakeholders dealing with water affairs, specifically officials from the Water Ministry, the Namwater CEO and his officials, and regional and local authority officials led by Oshana and Omusati Governors, are gathered at Outapi to discuss water crisis-related matters in the Omusati, Oshana, Oshikoto, and Ohangwena r

NamWater has launched the Epukiro Regional Scheme Extension project at Omauezonjanda in the Epukiro constituency of the Omaheke Region.

NamWater will invest over N$230 million to replace the 46-year-old Ogongo/Oshakati Pipeline.

Following a bidding process in January this year, three contractors have been selected to carry out the 53 kilometre project, which is divided into three sections.

The Governor of the Hardap Region, Salomon April, has highlighted the importance of partnerships in overcoming challenges in education. 

He said this during the handover of stationery worth over N$300,000 to 11 schools in the region by NamWater. 

Namibia's water utility, NamWater, has donated essential stationery to at least 15 schools in the Kavango East Region.

This will help address the shortage of teaching and learning materials and improve learners's performance at the schools.

To address water challenges faced by the people of the Kavango East Region, NamWater handed over the Kayengona and Shamvhura water supply river schemes to the residents of Rundu Rural and Ndiyona Constituencies yesterday.

The water interruptions caused by frequent breakdowns and pipe bursts at Katima Mulilo will soon be something of the past.

This comes after NamWater commissioned the water pipeline replacement project on Tuesday.

NamWater has switched on a pump at the Olushandja Dam South Wall Pump Station, releasing water into the Etaka Uuvudhiya Earth Canal, to assist in mitigating the critical shortage of water in villages along the canal.

The water corporation has invested N$3.9 million in the undertaking.