Lesotho: Ground broken at LHWP phase II


Issue 275 - 12 Apr 2014 | 1 minute read

A ground-breaking ceremony took place on 27 March for the second phase of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. The project will substantially increase the water supplied to South Africa as well as enhancing the hydroelectric generation potential of the tiny country. Phase I of the project supplies South Africa with around 780mcm/yr of water and has a generation capacity of 72MW. Work on phase II will include construction of a 163.5 metre high concrete rockfill dam, with a crest length of 915 metres. A 38.2km, five-metre diameter tunnel will transfer water from the reservoir to the Katse dam.

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