TSUMEB – The Tsumeb municipality has spent approximately N$53 million to alleviate water reticulation woes for its residents since the start of this financial year.

Municipality spokesperson Stella Imalwa-Nangolo informed Nampa during a site visitation on Friday that they are trying to establish and maintain the safety and reliability of their water supply by the end of October 2024.

She said they have completed the major maintenance and repair work on the Grootfontein Zinc Water Tower, which is 250 cubic meters, as it was experiencing leaks and was more than 15 years old.

Imalwa-Nangolo added that the project began on 2 May 2024, and has now been officially completed on Thursday.

The municipality is also trying to extend prepaid meters to elevated water towers to a capacity of 10 cubic meters to supply water to residents of the Kuvukiland informal settlement.

“There is significant progress on the Kuvukiland water reticulation project to ensure reliable and safe water supply for our community. 

So far, 400 meters of the installation of new pipelines is complete, done by community volunteers,” Imalwa-Nangolo said.

She also highlighted that they are busy constructing their new water treatment plant, which is the sand filtration system that is going to clean the bacteria in the water, and at the same time it will soften the water as Tsumeb has hard water.

“The project commenced last month, and Nexus J Nefasi are the ones busy with this. We are busy with the civil work which entails the excavation work, and construction of the building plant, and it is anticipated to be completed on 29 October 2024,” said Imalwa-Nangolo.

She added that the project costs around N$36 million, and is currently at 80% completion, and has created seven employment opportunities for unskilled labour.
They are also busy with Nomtsoub Extension 9, where they are doing basic services that comprise water, sewer and electrical reticulation.

“We have appointed the roads contractor who commenced today (Friday) with the road activities and they will service approximately 290 houses, which are intended for the residents of Tsumeb,” she said.
–Nampa