Water master plan revealedThe agriculture ministry has shared its water master plan with Namibian Sun which involves massive infrastructure investment, including the connection of all the country’s inland dams. Billions to be spent on the connection of inland dams 0 The N$2.4-billion dollar Neckartal Dam project that is still under construction will be part of an integral water master plan that has been developed and will include the connection of inland dams in Namibia. This water master plan consists of several strategies that will be implemented over time to ensure future water infrastructure in Namibia through the expansion of water supply in the country.
Explaining the water master plan to Namibian Sun the agriculture ministry said that the connection of inland dams will involve connecting the Neckartal Dam (with a capacity of 880 million cubic metres) with the Naute Dam (69 million cubic metres) and then connecting it to Hardap (320 million cubic metres).
When Neckartal is completed these three dams will be the three largest dams in the country and they are currently all located in the south of the country.
Hardap will then be connected to the Oanab Dam (34.5 million cubic metres) located near Rehoboth which will then be connected to the Von Bach Dam (48.5 million cubic metres) which supplies water to the central area of Namibia.