Mozambique: Thousands may lose drinking water in Niassa province

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Mozambique: Thousands may lose drinking water in Niassa province

1:29 CAT | 03 Mar 2025

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Official sources said that a reduction in the volume of water in the dam that supplies the city of Lichinga in Niassa province, northern Mozambique, could leave around 7,000 people without drinking water.

“At the beginning of this rainy season, in October, our Locumue dam was at 45%,” said the director of the Northern Regional Water Administration (ARA-Norte) in Lichinga, Santos David, quoted by the media today.

The issue is the low level of water in the dam that supplies Lichinga, the provincial capital, caused by the low and irregular rainfall in the region.

According to the representative, Locumué is the dam with the lowest storage levels in the country.

“The reservoir’s maximum capacity is 11.8 metres, at the moment we’re at 6.6 metres,” explained Guilhermina Opinca, a delegate from Águas da Região Norte (AdRN), a private water supply company.

Source: Lusa