Around 66% of the Mozambican population does not have access to drinking water in the country, despite around 1,000 boreholes being drilled every year, the Minister of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources said on Tuesday. "In Mozambique statistics show that we have about 66% of the population without any safe source of water,"...
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March 10, 2022March 10, 2022Social Responsibility
Vale invests in drinking water supply in Moatize
The communities of Phonde, Chipasse,Matabanhama, Calambo and Bwambwe, located around Vale's mining operations in Moatize, consume drinking water supplied by five supply systems, which operate on the basis of solar panels. The systems, inaugurated a few days ago, benefit approximately 2000 people. "Vale built it, but this is our system, so...
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Private operators postpone water cut-off decision until December and demand compensation
Private operators of drinking water, congregated in AFORAMO, postponed to next December the decision on the suspension of drinking water supply in Maputo City
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Government defends more investments to guarantee water to all Mozambicans
The Minister of Public Works, Housing and Water Resources, João Machatine, said yesterday at the Forum "Jornada das Águas" that Mozambique must invest more in the sector to ensure that the precious liquid reaches everyone
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Government mobilizes $1.8 billion to give water to 4 million people
The President of the Republic, Filipe Nyusi, launched on Wednesday in Maputo the program to mobilize about 1.8 billion dollars to finance the expansion of water supply systems in urban areas in the country, with the prospect of bringing drinking water to four million more people in the next 10 years....
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August 16, 2021August 16, 2021Technology & Innovation
Spanish engineer creates machine capable of extracting water from air
A machine developed by an 82-year-old Spanish engineer, Enrique Veiga, is capable of producing drinking water from air. The inventor believes that the machine can be useful in ending water needs in countries where scarcity of this resource is a daily problem. "The goal is for us to reach places...
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Government invests $85 million to improve water supply
The government is investing about $85 million to improve the country's drinking water supply chain