The National Directorate of Water Resources (DNRH), ensures that Mozambican dams have enough water for the next two years, after having stored large volumes during the 2021/2022 rainy season, which ended in April.

The head of the Department of Watersheds at DNRH, Agostinho Vilanculos, quoted today by the daily newspaper Notícias, said that the dams in the center and south of the country have reserves above 75% and those in the north are full (100%).

Vilankulo pointed out that there are sufficient reserves for the supply of drinking water to urban areas and irrigation, in a country where half of the 30 million inhabitants have access to drinking water.

The scenario of filled dams contrasts with what happened about two years ago, when even Maputo, the country's capital, faced limitations in water supply due to the reduction of reserves to less than half, following the drought that struck the south of the country.

Now, that responsible warns for the need for a continuous rationalization of water in the city of Nampula, in the north, the most populous area of the country, since the dam that feeds the city is small and does not retain enough water.

"Nampula is a small dam, with about four million cubic meters per year to satisfy 700,000 people. So it can only provide water for four months," declared Agostinho Vilankulo.

The city, he continued, needs 24 million cubic meters per year, a deficit that is at the root of the chronic water shortage.