Case Study 17: Transboundary Water Scheme
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- Case Study 17: A Transboundary Water Scheme
- Lesotho Highland Water Project (LHWP)
- Agreed btwn South Africa and Lesotho in 1986
- Six major dams built with 200km of tunnels to tranfer water from Senqu river basin in Lesotho to SA
- Water then reaches Gauteng for large industrial cities (e.g. Jo'burg)
- Problem
- South Africa has limited water
- SA has uneven rainfall
- Non-even distribution of rain
- SA has large people without water access
- Jo'burg is a large city that does not get enough rain to supply its water needs
- Lesotho has too much water
- Lesotho is a small LEDC countries surrounded by South Africa
- Lies 150km south of Jo'burg
- Mountains of Lesotho have the source of the Orange River
- Area gets 1200mm of rain / year
- South Africa has limited water
- Advantages of Scheme
- Lesotho is a poor country with few natural resources except water
- Dams will provide HEP, providing cheap renewable electricity for Lesotho
- Construction of dam created jobs
- Reliable supply of safe water for Gauteng proviece
- Disadvantages of Scheme
- Lesotho has water shortages
- Water bills in Jo'burg increased
- 20k were forced from their land as it flooded due to the dams
- Lesotho Highland Water Project (LHWP)
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