OVERVIEW OF THE IMPACT OF MINING ON THE ... - IIED pubs

The Botswana segment of this area falls under the management of the Botswana Department of Mineral,
Energy and Water. The Namibian segment falls under the jurisdiction of the Namibian Department of Water
Affairs who operates a regional office at the town of Katima Mulilo on the Zambezi River.
3.3.1.6 Human impacts on water resources (excluding mining)
Impacts on water resources consist of the following:
• Disposal of domestic and minor commercial solid waste at Katima Mulilo;
• Disposal of domestic and minor commercial solid waste at Kasane;
• Minor non-point impact from sparse, subsistence agriculture located close to Katima Mulilo and along the
Chobe River;
• Minor non-point source pollution from septic tank drainage systems at Kasane, Katima Mulilo and Chobe
River Lodge in the Chobe National Park;
• Minor non-point impact from subsistence agriculture and garbage disposal at the Ngoma Bridge border
post; and
• Minor non-point impact from garbage along the Kasane – Ngoma Bridge road.
3.3.2 Mining and mineral processing operations
None known.
3.3.3 Alluvial (small-scale) mining
None known and none anticipated.
3.3.4 Water management systems
Both the Botswanan and Namibian Governments operate controls on water abstraction from rivers and over the
quality of water supplied for domestic consumption.
3.3.5 Monitoring systems
Both the Botswanan and Namibian Governments collect water samples from time to time and both also
collaborate on biological control programmes against the invasive waterweed Salvinia molesta (Kariba weed).
3.3.6 Water quality data
None available.
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