Lesotho Highlands Water Project

Of primary importance to the country is the Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), a large-scale water-transfer plan involving Lesotho and South Africa. Although similar plans had been discussed since the 1930s, the LHWP first took shape in the late 1980s and…

…Orange River Project and the Lesotho Highland Project, both in various stages of construction—have been designed to meet the water demand for irrigation, urbanization, and economic development in the central industrial areas of South Africa.

…to the Vaal by the Lesotho Highland Project, which, when complete, will consist of several dams and storage reservoirs in the basins of the Sinqu, Malibamatso, and Senqunyane rivers.