The second phase of Africa’s largest water transfer scheme—the Lesotho Highlands Water Project—has broken ground paving way for construction of a $856-million dam and water transfer tunnel. LHWP is a binational undertaking by South Africa and Lesotho.
The project is a network of dams and water tunnels in Lesotho’s Senquanyane river basin that delivers water to South Africa’s Vaal River System. It is biggest system in the nation, with 14 dams in four provinces.