Water supply uncertainties and - interruptions: impacts on BMC Lobatse - operations

Water losses The volume of water lost during transport through leakages and evaporation between a point of abstraction and a point of use, and between points of use and re-use. [...] BMC forms the backbone of the ‘meat and meat processing industry’, and has significant forward and backward linkages in the rural and national economy. [...] This is well below the international standard that 80 to 85% of the water used is treated, and it follows that the difference of 30 to 40% is untreated surface run off and sinks into the ground (Ecosurv and CAR, 2007). [...] The main strategy is to develop more boreholes and treat the borehole water to standards acceptable for use in the plant. [...] The unit ground water cost of own water supply are expected to be lower than that of WUC water (BWP17/m3 in 2014/15), and therefore increased ground water supply would make BMC more resilient and competitive8.