Water restrictions coming?

Unless itrains, there are fears that water evaporation might eventually lead to water restrictions that were imposed at the height ofthe 2004-2005 drought.

The Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) says that with Botswana being a hot and dry country, it experiences high evaporation rates, estimated at 2000mm per annum. Responding to a Mmegi questionnaire on how the heat affects the current dam levels, Public Relations Manager, Matida Mmipi, said yesterday that currently the Gaborone dam is at 58.6 percent full, Shashe dam at 84 percent, Letsibogo dam at 69 percent , Nnywane dam at 46 percent and Bokaa dam at 43.2 percent.