Locus: Windhoek, Namibia ( 22.5609 S, 17.0658 E) With the exception of its north-eastern regions, Namibia is, predominantly, a hot, dry country with a climate second only to the Sahara desert, in aridity. Due to losses in rainfall as a result of high evaporation, the country is classified as a drought-prone region. It is estimated that more than 90% of annual rainfall is lost to evaporation. The Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Forestry (MAWF) manages water resources in Namibia, and NamWater, a state-owned enterprise under the purview of the MAWF, operates the reservoirs, dams, pipelines, boreholes and water-treatment plants, throughout the country. Windhoek, the capital city of Namibia, is situated in a basin between the Khomas, Eros, and Auas mountains on the great Central Plateau of southern Africa. The city lies 1,680 m above sea-level and is home to, approximately, 400,000* inhabitants. As the economic, political, judicial, and administrative centre of Namibi