Urban water management challenges and achievements in Windhoek, Namibia
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2019
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IWA Publishing
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This paper gives an overview of the main challenges and achievements faced by Windhoek’s water management sector. The paper highlights pertinent issues arising from increased water demand, and also explores current and future water supply augmentation options. Water planners experience management challenges as a result of a combination of factors, mainly, lack of funds and staff, limited expertise, poor communication between stakeholders, and weak regulation and enforcement. In order to meet these challenges, water managers need to develop more robust and resilient strategies, including a greater focus on water demand management.
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Namibia, water supply, City of Windhoek, Urban water management, Water demand, Water demand