The Namibia Water Corporation (NamWater) recently launched rehabilitation of 150 km long Calueque-Oshakati canal.
The project will be implemented in several phases. Phase-I which will cover 5.8 km will be implemented by three Namibian contractors, namely Radial Truss Industries, Imperative Construction Engineering and Brumar Construction at a cost of about USD 6.4 million.
The three companies recently signed a partnership agreement with the Namibia Water Corporation (NamWater), the public company responsible for water management.
The 150 km long Calueque-Oshakati canal runs from Angola (Omahenene) to the Oshakati region in Namibia. The water that flows in the Calueque-Oshakati canal comes from the Calueque dam, located on the Cunene river in southern Angola.
The dam, which has a storage capacity of 2,00,000 cu mtr, supplies the south of Angola, as well as four NamWater drinking water plants located in Olushandja, Outapi, Ogongo and Oshakati in Namibia.
The resource is then distributed to the populations who use it as drinking water or for irrigation.
Once the project is completed, NamWater will regulate the pumping of water from the canal for a fair service.