Rain fills up dams

NAMIBIA’S major storage dams are full after weeks of incessant rain.

The largest dams in the country are the Von Bach, Hardap and Naute dams.
Von Bach near Okahandja is 99 per cent full, NamWater said yesterday.
The Naute Dam near Keetmanshoop is at 100,1 per cent of its capacity, while the Hardap Dam near Mariental is at 75,8 per cent despite NamWater’s efforts to maintain it at 70 per cent by opening the sluice gates.
The Hardap dam level is being kept at 70 per cent to prevent flooding Mariental in the event of major inflows.
Windhoek’s Goreangab Dam is now 100,8 per cent full.
The Avis Dam on the eastern outskirts of the city has been overflowing and its sluices are being opened periodically.
The Swakoppoort Dam, also near Okahandja, is 100,4 per cent full and the Oanob Dam near Rehoboth is at 89,6 per cent.
At Gobabis, the Daan Viljoen Dam has risen to 75,8 per cent of full capacity.
Meanwhile, the Windhoek Weather Bureau says 18,4 mm of rain was measured at Hosea Kutako International Airport yesterday morning.
Gobabis recorded 18,2 mm, Okongo in the Ohangwena Region 6,8 mm.
Windhoek City 6 mm and the Suiderhof suburb 3 mm.