Botswana gets P1.5bn loan for water security

Means to a piped water supply ranges from 80% in Gaborone to 20% in other urban and rural areas
Means to a piped water supply ranges from 80% in Gaborone to 20% in other urban and rural areas

The World Bank has approved a $145.5 million (P1.5 billion) loan to Botswana for the emergency water security and efficiency projects.

The project was prepared in response to the 2015-2016 El Nino related drought, which was rated extremely severe - the worst in the last 34 years.

“The project will improve the availability of water supply in drought vulnerable areas, strengthen waste water management in selected systems and improve the operational efficiency of the Water Utilities Corporation,” said Paul Noumba Um, the World Bank Country Director.

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