Lesotho Botswana Water Transfer Project

The developmental goal of the project is to promote sustainable socio-economic growth in the four riparian countries through climate-resilient water resources development in the framework of Basin wide cooperation. The L-BWT scheme will supply water for domestic, agriculture and industrial usage to Botswana through a 700 km water conveyance pipeline, to Lesotho and the Republic of South Africa from a dam on Makhaleng River which was originally part of the Lesotho Lowlands Water Supply Scheme. The Project will transfer 150 million m3 of water annually to Botswana, while supplying various users in Lesotho and South Africa, with 50 million m3. The feasibility studies are exploring a large dam that will also generate electricity, supply Bloemfontein and enable irrigation for Lesotho.