The Gobabis municipality has commenced the transition from conventional meters for both water and electricity to pre-paid meters.

This exercise is done to help it meet the municipality's financial obligations with bulk service providers such as NamPower and NamWater.

A power outage struck Canchana Village in the Kavango West Region, disrupting water supply to Raina Mungungu Combined School and the entire community. 

This has been ongoing since last month.

The lack of potable water for the Oshilunga Shonkoshi community, a remote village in the Oshana Region, is now a thing of the past.

The community previously relied on water from wells and floodplains during the rainy season and made long journeys to Onaanda using donkey carts to purchase potable water.

NamWater dams have recorded a notable change this week with the overall water capacity standing at 79,4 percent compared to 78,6 percent in the previous week.

Dams in the south and western part of the country recorded the highest levels, followed by the Windhoek dams and central dams. 

The Keetmanshoop Municipality has postponed the planned water supply disconnection that was scheduled for the 24th of March until the 7th of April 2026.

The municipality announced in a public notice that the disconnections will apply to all consumers with outstanding balances older than 31 January 2026.

NamWater's dam levels across Namibia show mixed results, with some reservoirs rising and others declining slightly.

According to NamWater's latest weekly dam bulletin, the country's total storage stands at 80.9%, a slight drop from last week.

NamWater says unpaid water bills have reached N$2.8 billion as of 30 November 2025.

According to Lot Ndamanomhata, a spokesperson for NamWater, the increase in unpaid accounts affects the financial position of the bulk water supplier.

Rehoboth mayor Jacky ǂKhariseb says the planned suspension of the town’s water supply by NamWater has been put on hold following engagements between stakeholders.

The town owes the water utility N$150 million.

To help mitigate the spread of the cholera outbreak in Grootfontein, its municipality has started providing water at different points as they look at addressing sanitation.

This was confirmed by Grootfontein mayor Moritz Gaingob during a briefing with Otjozondjupa Governor John ||Khamuseb.

Water supply is gradually being restored to Katutura and the Northern Industrial Area in the city following a successful repair of a bulk pipeline leakage.

The disruption of water supply followed a 600-millimetre pipeline leakage.