Gaborone Dam needs no �cleaning up�

Wednesday, October 29, 2014

The Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) says no de-siltation exercise will be necessary at the receding Gaborone Dam, as studies show low levels of silt at the key resource.

Gaborone Dam is now at 6.8 percent with its supplies due to run out in under a month. Some experts had expected WUC to take advantage of the dam’s drying to conduct a de-silting exercise.

Yesterday, however, Infrastructure Director, Gaselemogwe Senai, said a hydrographic survey carried out nine years ago showed that there was little or no silt in the dam. “The survey showed that there was less than five percent of silt at that time,” he said.

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