HAD Areva not built the desalination plant six years ago, Areva Resources Namibia managing director Hilifa Mbako said he 'shudders' to think what would have happened in the current drought conditions overshadowing Namibia's water supply capacity.
"It would have been a catastrophe," he said at a media open day at the Erongo Desalination Plant north of Wlotzkasbaken yesterday.
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