High salt-content water poses a health concern for Amerika community

Contributed by NAMPA.

By Linea Dishena

AMARIKA, 13 MAR (NAMPA) – Community members of Amarika village in the Omusati Region are concerned about their well-being due to the intake of high salt content water from self-made wells, as the area has no access to potable water.
The village is situated in the Otamanzi constituency, some 73 kilometres from Oshakati with a population of 600 inhabitants.
Speaking to Nampa here on Tuesday, a resident Andreas Martin explained that the wells were dug by the communit ...