Water Resources Development and Management in Botswana
3 rd International Seminar on Watershed Management, Wisconsin, USA June 22 – July 07, 2004 Water Resources Development and Management in Botswana Presented by Balisi Bernard Khupe 1 TOPICS • Introduction • Geophysical Feature • Population & Economy • Water Resources • Water Demands • Long-term Water Resources Development • Ground Water Monitoring Angola Zambia N Chobe River Zambezi River Kasane Zimbabwe Okavango Delta Maun Namibia Makgadikgadi Lake Pans Ngami Francistown Orapa Shashe River Ghanzi Selibe Phikwe REPUBLIC Serowe OF Palapye BOTSWANA Mahalapye Limpopo River Molepolole Jwaneng Mochudi GABORONE Kanye Lobatse Molopo River Tsabong Republic of South Africa 2 Figure 2. Average annual runoff from selected countries 1500 Ecuador 1,166 mm 1000 Italy 528 mm Thailand Sweden 428 mm 500 390 mm Estimated runoff mm/a runoff Estimated Zimbabwe Botswana 52 mm 1.2 mm 0 Area of Country Table 2. Comparison of surface resources of Botswana and other countries [1,2,3]. Estimated Annual Runoff Country Area km2 Population*x1000 106 m3 mm m3/capita Botswana 582,000 1,681 705 ** 1.2 419 Australia 7,682,000 19,138 412,500 54 21,550 Ecuador 243,500 12,646 283,980 1,166 22,460 India 3,169,000 1,008,937 1,678,000 530 1,660 Israel 21,000 6,040 740 35 123 Italy 301,000 57,530 159,000 528 2,760 Japan 373,000 127,096 540,000 1,450 4,250 South Africa 1,141,000 43,309 53,500 47 1,240 Sweden 450,300 8,842 175,600 390 19,860 Thailand 514,000 62,806 220,000 428 3,500 Zimbabwe 384,000 12,627 19,900 *** 52 1,580 * 2003 figures from UN World ** excluding Okavango River and Chobe *** excluding the Zambezi Water Report and 2001 River system River census for Botswana 3 Table 3.
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