Aqua Air Namibia

25/10/2017

We are the sole distributor of the technology that is changing the water landscape in Africa.
Our aim is to protect the country’s most precious natural resource, water, by providing sustainable water solutions. The patented technology in our machines provides clean drinking water, using the simple process of condensation and the air around us.
Aqua Air supplies the equipment and a comprehensive after sales service. We have 18 depots in South Africa, one in Namibia and 4 in the rest of Africa. These ensure dedicated monthly maintenance of all the units we sell

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Weight: 45Kg
Warranty: 1 year
Power rating: 220 – 240V AC
Dimensions: 40cm x 36cm x 108cm
Capacity: 28 litres

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22/10/2017

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24/06/2017

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02/06/2017

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28/04/2017

Water supply needs to become a substantive item on corporate boards' agendas, writes Mike Muller

11/04/2017

Central Areas of Namibia = massive water scarcity. NamWater supply system too small + Extensive regional drought

19/02/2017

Millions in Kenya are suffering from severe food shortages as drought and desertification threaten the nation’s food supply

01/02/2017

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Further drop to 24%. This is close to the lowest level in 8 months. At this rate very limited supply sources will be depleted very soon.

27/12/2016

Windhoek running dry - Disasters - Namibian Sun

10/12/2016

Windhoek’s dams are almost empty

Namibia’s cities and towns are supplied with water from dams, boreholes and rivers.

In total the country’s dams contain about 705,855 million cubic metres of water. In addition to the sewage treatment plant, Windhoek’s water supply includes a large number of boreholes, which tap into groundwater reserves, as well as three dams. Under normal circumstances most of the drinking water is extracted from the three dams, which have a total capacity of 155,548 million cubic metres of water. Following the two year drought, the three dams currently only contain 8,992 million cubic metres of water that cannot be used as the remainder of the water cannot be pumped out.

NamWater has already installed a raft in the Swakoppforte Dam, with a pump on the water surface, to enable them to pump the last remaining water. They are planning to install the same system in the Von Bach Dam and instillation is due to be finished by mid-December. Additionally, water from boreholes at Kombat and Grootfontein in the north, is sent across kilometres via canals and pipelines into the Von Bach Dam.

Between Grootfontein and Okakarara there is 131.2 kilometres of canal and 65.3 kilometres of pipeline, which leads fresh water from the boreholes to the south. From Okakarara the valuable water flows another 45.1 kilometres in the channel and 21.7 kilometres in pipelines to the Omatako Dam.

Windhoek needs 23.6 million cubic metres per year.

For months, Windhoekers have not managed to save the required amount of water given by NamWater and the city administration. In 2015, consumption was to go down with 15%, later 20% and since the beginning of this year 30% or 35%, ultimately 40%. On 23 August 2016, NamWater stopped pumping water from the 43,499 million cubic metre Omatako Dam into the Von Bach Dam (483,560 million cubic metre) after it was empty. However, water from the Omatako Dam is transferred through a pipeline and pumping station, into the Von Bach Dam near Okahandja.

They are also no longer pumping water from the Swakoppforte Dam, located 50km west of Okahandja, into the Von Bach Dam, since the remaining water reserves are only used for the Karibib and Navachab mine. The Friedenau Dam west of Windhoek can no longer be used due to pollution. The town of Gobabis in the east of the country is supplied with water from the Otjivero Dam, as well as the Tilda and Daan Viljoen Dams. In recent weeks, water has been pumped from the Otjivero Main Dam near Omitara into the Tilda Viljoen Dam near Gobabis via a pipeline.

NamWater has also announced that the various dams in Namibia were filled with 23.6 percent of their total capacity, on Monday 5 December 2016. This is a total of 165,254 million cubic metres of water in seventeen different dams. At the same time last year, the level stood at 34.0 percent (237,435 m/m3). The total capacity of the Hardap Dam at Mariental is 294,593 million cubic metres. This means that the total available water reserves of all state dams would not even fill the Hardap dam near Mariental. On Monday of this week, in the largest dam of Namibia, the Hardap Dam, only 69,166 million cubic metres of the precious resource, this is used for agricultural purposes in Mariental.

The current state of the individual dams and in brackets the levels in the previous year:

Swakoppforte Dam 6.2%(18.3%)
Von Bach Dam 10.4% (24.1%)
Omatako Dam 0.0% (0.0%)
CENTRAL REGION TOTAL5. 8% (15.0%)

Friedenau Dam 24.8%(35.6%)
Goreangab Dam 97.2%(95.3%)
WINDHOEK TOTAL 50.1%(56.5%)
CENTRAL REGION TOTAL 8.5%(17.6%)

Otjivero Main Dam 30.2%(48.7%)
Otjivero (other) 2.0%(7.0%)
Tilda Viljoen Dam 36.5%(62.5%)
Daan Viljoen Dam 32.9%(62.7%)
GOBABIS TOTAL 19.3%(33.0%)

Hardap Dam 23.5%(39.6%)
Naute Dam 71.9%(75.7%)
Oanob Dam 26.6%(39.5%)
Dreihuk Dam 0.0%(0.0%)
Bondels Dam 0.0%(0.0%)
SOUTH TOTAL 32.2%(45.1%)

Olushandja Dam 21.2%(19.6%)
Omdel Dam 0.0%(0.0%)
Omatjenne Dam 0.0%(0.0%)

Image: A pleasure for the eye: the Von Bach Dam in a better rainy season. (Source: Wikipedia)

Author: Dirk Heinrich

21/11/2016

Central area dams nearly empty – Save water

The Omatako dam is empty. The Swakopport dam is estimated to have only 4,112 million cubic meters of possible 63,489 million /m³ left. The Von Bach dam is filled with water via canal and pipeline from Kombat and Berg Aukas, but has only 5,655 million/m³ of possible 48,560 million/m³ left as on Monday the 21. November 2016.
Windhoekers were supposed to have been saving water since April last year, but have never reached the prescribed target. The last few month people and businesses were asked to save 40 percent of their normal usage but have never succeeded. Less than 30 percent of their normal usage have been saved, nearly 10 percent off the target. If it does not rain, the dams will be empty before Christmas!
NamWater stopped pumping water from the Omatako dam to Von Bach dam on 23. August this year, when the dam was empty. No water is being transferred from Swakoppoort to Von Bach anymore, since the last bit in the dam is being used for Karibib and the Navachab mine.
Namwater announced, that all different dams in the country were filled to 24,6 percent of their full capacity on Monday 21. November 2016. This means that there were 176,186 million cubic meters of water in all the dams.
Last year at the same time there were 35,1 percent and 245,238 million / m³ available.
The Hardap dam at Mariental can store 294,593 million/m³. This means that all water in Namibias dams available at the moment would not even fill the Hardap dam! Namibias largest dam has 0nly 72,730 million/m³, which is less than a quarter of its storing capacity. If all 17 dams in the country are full, they store 705,855 million/m³. The situation at the moment is alarming and more than half of the first half of the rainy season (October-November-December) has delivered no relief - not a single drop of water entered our dams!
On Monday this week, Namwater announced the following percentage for the different dams and in brackets the percentage last year at the same time:
Swakoppoort dam 6,5% (19,3%)
Von Bach dam 11,6% (25,5%)
Omatako dam 0,0% (0,0%)
SUBTOTAL CENTRAL 6,3% (15,9%)

Friedenau dam 25,2% (36,3%)
Goreangab dam 97,5% (95,5%)
SUBTOTAL WINDHOEK 50,6% (50,5%)

SUBTOTAL CENTRAL REGION 9,0% (18,4%)

Otjivero dam 31,3% (49,2%)
Otjivero silt dam 2,1% (8,3%)
Tilda-Viljoen dam 32,8% (64,7%)
Daan-Viljoen dam 32,6% (64,8%)
SUBTOTAL GOBABIS 19,6% (34,0%)

Hardap dam 24,7% (41,0%)
Naute dam 73,7% (77,6%)
Oanob dam 27,1% (40,4%)
Dreihuk dam 0,0% (0,0%)
Bondels dam 0,0% (0.0%)
SUBTOTAL SOUTH 33,5% (46,5%)

Olushandja dam 22,2% (19,8%)
Omaruru Delta dam 0,0% (0,0%)
Omatjenne dam 0,0% (0,0%)

Dirk Heinrich

24/10/2016

Since the sudden downturn on 19 September the Windhoek public has been nowhere near the required savings. This week coming in at a mere 27%. Sure, a complete misinterpretation of the facts were presented in the media, but in reality all mitigation measures to the crisis is 100% sure to fail if the required savings target cannot be met post Dec 2016. For now the shortfall can be accommodated through additional supply from the limited water available in the dams, but this is a luxury that will soon disappear. What happens then...?