The state of the water crisis

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With over 550,000 people, the greater Gaborone area is home to a quarter of the population of Botswana. In peak summer, the area which stretches from Kgatleng to Good Hope requires 145 million litres of water a day. Normally, greater Gaborone gets water from several sources.


Per day it receives 85 million litres from Gaborone Dam, 20 million litres each from Molatedi and Bokaa dams and 60 million litres from the North-South Carrier 1 (NSC).  But during the current water crisis, Bokaa can no longer supply any water, Gaborone Dam can only give 70 million litres a day while Molatedi Dam will only supply 10 million litres a day starting next month.  At 16 percent full, Gaborone Dam will be dry in five months if there are no new in-flows. Molatedi is 17 percent full while Letsibogo’s water stands at 65.5 percent capacity.

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