Water transfer scheme
Lesotho Highlands Water Project
Transfers water from the Lesotho highlands into South Africa’s Vaal system, supplying Gauteng — the country’s economic centre — while generating hydropower revenue for Lesotho.
Key facts
- Transfer capacity
- on the order of 780 million m³/yr at full development
- Countries
- Lesotho and South Africa
- Principal dams
- Katse and Mohale
- Beneficiary
- Gauteng province, including Johannesburg and Pretoria
Relationships
- Located in: South Africa
Related intelligence
Sources
- Global Water System Project — Global Reservoir and Dam Database. Open — attribution required · CC BY 4.0
- Peer-reviewed scientific literature — Open-access hydrology, water chemistry and water use research. Public but restricted · Publisher terms — public access, reuse not clearly granted
- OpenStreetMap Foundation — OpenStreetMap. Open — attribution required · Open Database Licence (ODbL) 1.0