나미비아가 아레바(Areva)사의 하루 2천만㎥ 규모 담수화 플랜트를 구매하겠다고 공표한 의사대로 이전했다.

양측 모두 정식 교섭을 시작할 준비를 끝마친 상태다. 나미비아 농경수생태부의 사무차관인 Joseph Iita의 말에 따르면 제안은 이뤄졌으나, 협상은 아직 시작하지 않았다. 그는 “나미비아는 Areva와 거래를 약속했으며, 아직 가격에 대해서는 협상 포인트에 도달하지 못했다”고 말했다.

나미비아는 우라늄 채굴 작업에 대한 물 공급을 공고히하고, 서부 해안가와 Erongo 지역에 있는 마을들에 식수를 공급하기 위해 해당 플랜트의 소유권을 원하고 있다.

 

 

 

Namibia has moved on its declared intention to offer to buy Areva's 20 million m³/d water desalination plant in the country.

 

Both sides are poised to start formal negotiations. According to permanent-secretary in Namibia's Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry, Joseph Iita: "The offer has been made but we are still to start the negotiations.

 

"We have started engaging Areva, we haven't reached a point where I can talk about the price [offer] yet," he said.

 

Namibia wants ownership of the plant, to secure supplies for uranium-mining operations and to supply drinking water to towns in the semi-arid Erongo region and western coastal area.

 

French infrastructure giant, Areva, built the plant to secure supplies for its Trekkopje uranium project that was mothballed in 2012 due to low uranium prices.

 

Namibia is running short of water for its coastal towns: Walvis Bay, Swakopmund and Henties Bay. Traditional sources such as the Omaruru delta and Kuiseb River aquifers dwindled last year during Namibia's worst drought for 30 years.

 

[출처 = Desalination & Water Reuse / 2014년 11월 4일]