Program on purification of industrial waste water. Country paper: Botswana

Technical Report · Tue Sep 11 04:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:5452607

Magibisela, F

Botswana is a landlocked country which straddles the Tropic of Capricorn in the center of the Southern African plateau. The total land area of the country is 582,000 sq km and the population is about 1.3 million inhabitants. The climate is mainly arid or semi-arid. Most rivers are ephemeral and the water supply comes mainly from several thousand boreholes. A few dams have also been constructed to satisfy the ever increasing need for water in the urban areas, industrial as well as irrigation uses. Water is a very scarce commodity in Botswana and it has to be very well protected from any kind of pollution. This need is emphasized by the fact that a lot of wastewater is being generated due to rapid rate of industrialization because of favorable economic situation for the past few years. The main industries are at present mining and livestock industries. Besides tanning, metal plating, dairy and chemical industries, breweries are also causing pollution problems as well as oils and chemicals used in industries, garages and agriculture.

• Research Organization: United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Vienna (Austria)
• OSTI ID: 5452607
• Report Number(s): PB-91-192062/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540320* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
AFRICA
BOTSWANA
CHEMICAL INDUSTRY
CONTROL
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
INDUSTRY
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
METAL INDUSTRY
MINING
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION REGULATIONS
PROCESSING
REGULATIONS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTE WATER
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION ABATEMENT
WATER POLLUTION CONTROL