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dam-l Namibian dam levels down/LS
June 30, 1999 - Web posted at 09:05 a.m. GMT The Namibian
>Dam levels down
>THE majority of dams throughout the country showed a decrease in levels
>this week
>compared to the same period last season.
>The Namibia Water Corporation Limited (NamWater)'s weekly dam bulletin
>yesterday said the Swakoppoort dam which stood at 53,7 per cent last
>season has
>dropped to 35 per cent this season.
>The Von Bach Dam, meanwhile, went down from 55,7 per cent last season to 35,7
>per cent this season while the Tilda Viljoen Dam took a massive dive down
>to 14,3
>per cent from a high 90,3 per cent last season.
>The Goreangab and Friedenau dams, however, increased with the Goreangab dam
>alone showing an increase of more than 50 per cent.
>This dam rose from a mere 22,2 per cent last season to 79,1 per cent this
>season
>while the Friedenau dam went up from 63,3 per cent last season to 77,9 per
>cent
>this season. - Nampa
>
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