Luanda — Angola will have a national institute of water resources and an office of hydro-graphic basins for Zambeze region, the secretary of State for water affairs, Luis Filipe da Silva, announced Monday.

According to the official, who was speaking during an interpellation by the commission of economy and finances of the National Assembly, the two institutions will serve as a tool for the rational and sustainable management of waters.

He also guaranteed that the ongoing projects aim at assuring the supply of water in 80 per cent of the urban and rural areas by 2012.

That entity expressed concern on the situation in the Kwanza-Sul province and announced the holding of projects with foreign fund to solve the problem.