Lesotho Highlands Water Project

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binational infrastructure project hydroelectric power project water transfer project

The Lesotho Highlands Water Project is a major multi-phase infrastructure scheme that diverts water from Lesotho’s highland rivers to South Africa while generating hydroelectric power for Lesotho.

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Label	Occurrences
Lesotho Highlands Water Project canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	binational infrastructure project ⓘ hydroelectric power project ⓘ water transfer project ⓘ
basedOnTreaty	Lesotho Highlands Water Project Treaty NERFINISHED ⓘ
benefit	electricity supply for Lesotho ⓘ increased water security for South Africa ⓘ
constructionStart	late 1980s ⓘ
controversy	corruption allegations in contracts ⓘ environmental impacts ⓘ resettlement of local communities ⓘ
country	Lesotho NERFINISHED ⓘ South Africa ⓘ
fundedBy	African Development Bank NERFINISHED ⓘ European Investment Bank NERFINISHED ⓘ World Bank NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasEffectOn	Lesotho national revenue through water royalties ⓘ Orange River flow regime ⓘ
hydropowerCapacity	about 72 MW ⓘ
inception	1986 ⓘ
includesComponent	Katse Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ Katse Transfer Tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ Mohale Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ Mohale Tunnel NERFINISHED ⓘ Muela Hydropower Station NERFINISHED ⓘ delivery tunnel to South Africa ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName	English ⓘ Sesotho NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn	Lesotho Highlands NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainDam	Katse Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
managingAgency	Lesotho Highlands Development Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ
partnerAgency	Trans-Caledon Tunnel Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ
phase	Phase I ⓘ Phase II ⓘ
phaseICompletion	early 2000s ⓘ
purpose	hydroelectric power generation for Lesotho ⓘ water transfer to South Africa ⓘ
regionServed	Lesotho NERFINISHED ⓘ South Africa ⓘ
riverBasin	Orange–Senqu River Basin NERFINISHED ⓘ
secondaryDam	Mohale Dam NERFINISHED ⓘ
status	operational ⓘ under expansion in Phase II ⓘ
treatySignedBy	Government of Lesotho NERFINISHED ⓘ Government of South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ
waterRecipient	Gauteng Province NERFINISHED ⓘ Vaal River System NERFINISHED ⓘ

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Senqu River (in its upper course in Lesotho) → associatedWithProject → Lesotho Highlands Water Project ⓘ

subject surface form: Senqu River