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CuveWaters Floodwater Harvesting plant in Iipopo
CuveWaters is delighted to announce that on Monday the 13th of April 2015 the Floodwater Harvesting plant will be officially handed over to the community of Iipopo. The handing over ceremony will take place directly at the pilot site and will be carried out by the Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany in Namibia, as well as representatives of CuveWaters and its Namibian research partners. This happening is part of the “German Weeks” in Namibia (2nd – 25th of March), organized by the German embassy due to 25 years existence of the German-Namibian cooperation. It is an...[more]
CuveWaters wishes a Merry Christmas
The end of a year is a good time to look back, reflecting on achievements, and to look forward, to see what we still need to accomplish. CuveWaters is built on the efforts of all stakeholders involved and in this past year, we have enjoyed many good moments together. Just to mention a few highlights:[more]
Relaunch of the CuveWaters Website
We are delighted to announce the relaunch of the CuveWaters website! The website has been redesigned to improve user friendliness and appeal. We hope you find the website has a fresh look, is easy to use, informative and enjoyable with the short videos/interviews that allow you to “meet” the people behind CuveWaters. We will continue to update the website regularly with news, so I’d like to encourage you to explore it whenever you have time! A special thanks goes to Gerardo Milsztein and tvt.film + vfx for the brilliant pictures and films.[more]
CuveWaters Mid-Term Review Workshop held in Windhoek
CuveWaters project partners met on 23rd October 2014 in Windhoek for the Mid-Term Review Workshop. The primary purpose of the workshop was to set a framework for Namibia’s independent operation of the three technologies - desalination, rain- and floodwater harvesting as well as sanitation and water reuse. The mid-term review took a view back over the past twelve months and a forward view to the envisaged end of the project in September 2015. The CuveWaters Team from Germany would like to thank all participants and the facilitator for the open and fruitful discussions.[more]
Spanish film crew at CuveWaters project sites
Currently, a Spanish film crew is visiting Northern Namibia to a prepare a TV report for TeleSUR TV, a Latin American TV broadcasting from Chile to Mexico. They intend to give a general view of the climatic situation in Namibia and how the population is coping with it as well as how important is the water to maintain culture. CuveWaters is very happy about the visit of the journalists to the rain- and floodwater harvesting sites in Ongwediva (UNAM), Epyeshona and Iipopo. They spend time talking to the communities about their experiences with the innovative technologies. [more]