The Value of Water: Economic Value:

Namibia

Water accounts for Namibia have been completed for 1997–98 through 2001–02. Accounts are being compiled for 2003–04 with the goal of creating comparative accounts that span 10 years. Monetary accounts have been created but are not as complete as the stock and flow accounts because of insufficient data. Below is a summary of costs, charges and subsidies for the four water supply institutions as well as for the self-providers for the years 1999 and 2001.

Table: Supply costs, user charges and subsidies for water, 1999 and 2001 (million N$).

	1999/2000	2001/2002
Namwater
Costs	212	264
Water transferred to other suppliers	164	179
Water delivered to end-users	49	84
User charges	170	274
Water transferred to other suppliers	131	218
Water delivered to end-users	39	56
Subsidy: user charges-costs
Water transferred to other suppliers	-39	39
Water delivered to end-users	-10	-28
All water	-43	11
Municipalities
Costs	Incomplete information
User charges
Subsidy: user charges-costs	Cannot be calculated
Rural Water Supply
Costs	92	108
User charges	0	0
Subsidy: user charges-costs	–92	–108
Rural Communities
Costs	5	9
User charges	1	6
Subsidy: user charges-costs	–4	–3
Self-providers in agriculture and mining	No information, but self-providers cover all costs themselves, so there is no subsidy

Source: Lange and Hassan 2006 (originally adapted from DWAF 2005)