Water Turned Welfare

Through 800 boreholes, 3,700 employees and 500,000 connections, WUC is serving 2.5 million people across Botswana

Serving 2.5 million people across Botswana

Water is unquestionably the world’s most precious resource. Without it, life on earth would simply cease to exist. Farmers need it to grow crops; factories rely on it within their production cycles; and our domestic quality of life, from cooking to hygiene, has become substantially dependent on access to clean, safe water.

It is a dejected reality, therefore, that

the latter is

simply not available to almost one billion people globally – people who are faced with an amalgamation of risks related to drinking contaminated water every day.

This is not to say that it is an unsolvable problem, however.

Botswana, for example, is one country that has a fantastic track record in overcoming the prevalent challenge of water scarcity.

“Botswana covers an area about the same size as France,” reveals Mmetla Masire. “It is a country that is semi-arid with large desert areas and has been impacted negatively by climate change. Yet, despite these challenges, Water Utilities Corporation (WUC) is able to provide water utility services to 2.5 million people, almost the entire population of the

country.”