World Bank lends weight to wastewater project

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A World Bank report on sustainable global water management has lent weight to Botswana's planned wastewater reuse project from which the government expects pump potable supplies into Greater Gaborone by 2013.

The reclamation of treated effluent from the Glen Valley Wastewater Treatment Plant is expected to augment potable water supplies to Greater Gaborone which, like the rest of the country, suffers periodic shortages.

The World Bank's in-depth Progress Report of the Water Resources Sector Strategy released on Wednesday supports Botswana's National Water Master Plan, which envisions the wastewater reuse project.

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