A hydrogeology report commissioned by Swakop Uranium concluded that the mining activities will have an effect on water levels. Although there are no farmers or settlements in the area, Swakop Uranium has drilled a number of groundwater monitoring holes around the pit, the waste rock dump, the tailings storage facility, the Welwitschia fields as well as the Khan and Swakop Rivers to measure the effect of mining activities in the area.Jolly J. "Husab project - Hydrology." Aquaterra website 2010. All the boreholes have their water levels measured monthly and strategic boreholes are sampled every three months for water quality.
