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Bethanie Desalination Plant
The Bethanie Desalination Plant, also Bethany Desalination Plant, is a brackish water desalination plant in the settlement of Bethanie, Namibia, Bethanie in southern Namibia. The facility is owned and was developed by the NamWater, Namibia Water Corporation (NamWater). The potable water produced by this plant, whose capacity production is per day, is expected to supply the town of Bethanie until 2037. Location The desalination plant is located in the town of Bethanie, in the ǁKaras Region of Namibia. Bethanie is located approximately , west of Keetmanshoop, the capital of ǁKaras Region. Bethanie is located approximately south of Windhoek, the capital and largest city in the country. Overview The objective of this project is to improve the quantity and quality of drinking water available to the inhabitants of Bethany. It was developed as a pilot project to explore the feasibility of desalinating brackish ground water for domestic and light commercial use. This is part of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bethanie, Namibia
Bethanie (often in German: ''Bethanien'', and in English: ''Bethany'', previously Klipfontein, Khoekhoegowab: ǀUiǂgandes) is a village in the ǁKaras Region of southern Namibia. It is one of the oldest settlements in the country. Bethanie had 2,372 inhabitants in 2023. Geography Bethanie is situated on the C14 road between Goageb and Walvis Bay, west of Keetmanshoop. History The area around Bethanie originally belonged to the Red Nation. At the beginning of the 18th century, the ǃAman ( Bethanie Orlam), a subtribe of the Orlam people, obtained settlement rights and settled here. As missionaries started travelling north from the Cape Colony in the early 19th century, they established mission stations on their way. The London Missionary Society founded the town, but, because of a shortage of missionaries and presumably because of the cooperation between the London and Rhenish Missionary Society at the time, they instead sent a German missionary. Reverend Heinrich ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |