1. LESOTHO HIGHLANDS WATER PROJECT

2. CONTENTS Phase I – Current Status Phase II - Future Performance
Costs
Implementation program
Performance
Effects of Climate Change

3. Phase II Agreement signed on
Treaty signed on 24 Oct 1986
Phase II Agreement signed on
11 August 2011

4. WHAT IS THE LHWP ? Bi-national interbasin water transfer
- ultimate delivery 70 m3/s
5 Phases year
Implementation - LHWC, LHDA & TCTA
One of largest engineering projects
Worth $ 8 billion

5. WHY THE LHWP ? Augmentation for Vaal System in RSA
Millions people without water
Cheaper alternative source
Good quality water
Opportunity for regional development
Hydro-electricity for Lesotho

6. LESOTHO HIGHLANDS WATER COMMISSION
Project governance
Gov of Lesotho
Gov of
South Africa
LESOTHO HIGHLANDS WATER COMMISSION

7. PHASE 1A & 1B Current

8. Phase 1

10. 10

11. MUELA HYDRO POWER SWITCH YARD

12. POWERLINES

14. Bokong Vehicular Bridge

15. PHASE II Future

16. LHWP PHASE II Kobong Pump storage 101m high Kobong Dam
6.3 km tunnels 11.5m dia
Transfer Tunnel
38.2 km long
5.2m diameter
Polihali Dam
163.5m high rockfill dam
49.5m Saddle dam

18. POLIHALI to KATSE TUNNEL

19. TBM
BREAKTHRU

20. Biophysical features Mitigation measures: Fish species
Natural grass and woodlots
Sedimentation
Erosion prevention programmes
Rehabilitation of disturbed areas
Rescue Indigenous and threatened flora and fauna
Instream Flow Requirements
IFR volumes and policy -
Downstream losses & compensation
Water quality
Responsibility for monitoring

21. Other assets Affected By Reservoir ( Fields & Grazing Lands)
SOCIAL
Resettlement
Polihali Reservoir Affects - 17 Villages
= 534 Households = 2547 People
Other assets Affected By Reservoir
( Fields & Grazing Lands)
72 Villages Affected
Mokhotlong Town Excluded

22. ADVANCED INFRASTRUCTURE
Roads
St Peters to Oxbow Rd
Oxbow to Seate Bridge Rd
Seate Bridge to Mapholaneng Rd, etc….
= OR =
Matsoku to Polihali Route
construction power
Reroute Letseng-Tlokoeng 33kV line
Reroute Tlokoeng-Mapholaneng 33kV line
Reroute Mapholaneng-Mokhotlong 33 kV line
New line 132kV line (Kao option done by LEC to be considered later)
= OR =
Matsoku to Polihali line
Substation Polihali
Upgrade Ha Lejone sub station
Residential areas
Client, Engineer, Contractor facility, Mporosane and Polihali
Labour camps
FEEDER ROADS
Mokhotlong to Mositeng
Chaba Li Maketse to Moeaneng
Ha Tlhakola to Makalong
Ramoruti to Ha Pohla
Ntlholohetsane to Ha Letjama
Various road bridges
Telecommunications
Relocate existing lines
Polihale dam connection
Tunnel Polihali

23. KOBONG PUMP STORAGE SCHEME

24. Upper dam
Tunnel
Powerhouse
Discharge tunnel to Katse Dam

25. Tunnel Intake
Water transfer to SA
Katse reservoir PS

26. KOBONG 1200MW PUMP STORAGE SCHEME
PROJECT STATUS
Lower Dam = Katse Dam
Upper Dam = Kobong Dam
Dam height = 101 meters
Headrace Tunnel length = 4270 meters
Headrace Tunnel diameter = 11.5 meters
Detailed Feasibility Study funded by Swedish Government commenced in 2012
Feasibility Study complete 2013
Detailed design to 2016
Construction to start
Completion end 2021

27. TOP STRUCTURE OF THE LHDA – PHASE II Chief Executive
CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER (COO)
Div Manager
Social Development and Environmental
Div Manager
Phase II
& Project management Unit
Div Manager
Development and Operations Division
PMU
- Engineering
- Social & environmental
- Financial
- Communications (PR)
- Contracts / Legal …….
Finance
Chief Financial Officer
HYDRO FUNDING
LESOTHO RESPONSIBILITY
Funding procurement / administration
WATER TRANSFER
RSA RESPONSIBILITY
TCTA
Funding procurement / administration 27

28. PERFORMANCE

29. Key Performance Indicator
Yield – Water Delivery (Volume & Quality)
Power Supply – Revenue (Availability)
Sustainability – Policy (IFR, EAP)
Safety – Instrumentation (DSR)

30. Effects of Climate Change

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32. THANK YOU