run by minimising losses and wastage and by so doing, delaying the need to construct additional
infrastructure, usually at higher capital cost. In any event,��why build new infrastructure when similar
old infrastructure cannot be efficiently managed?
This project will assess the level of NRW, water losses and water re‐use in all the 15 capital cities of
the SADC Member States, and recommend appropriate actions to be taken for each city. The water
eventually saved from the applied measures would be used to supply new consumers. Revenue
streams would improve, as the water supply systems would also be more efficient. It is estimated
that it will cost US$1 million per city for the study, giving a total cost for all 15 cities of US$15 million.
The project would start with the drafting of the ToR for the project in 2013, tendering for the
consultancy work in 2013 and execution of the project in 2014. Project profiles for each city would be
produced for the mitigatory works and associated costs.
Possible project financiers are DBSA, GEF and the AfDB. The project can be considered to be in Phase
4 of the ICA Project Development Phases.
The major project challenge foreseen is timely sourcing of project finances.
Studies
There are six SADC studies which have been included in the Water Sector RIDMP: Limpopo Basin
Water Monitoring, Assessment of the Groundwater Resources Potential of the SADC Region,
Monitoring Climate Change Adaptation to Drought, Monitoring Water Pollution in Reservoirs and
Rivers, Piloting Synchronised and Conjunctive Operation of Dams and Implications of Virtual Water
Trading in Water Resources Development and Usage in the SADC Region.
Limpopo River Basin Water Monitoring Project (Project P1‐2)
The Upper and Middle Limpopo River Basin has witnessed increased development with numerous
large‐scale irrigation developments having been implemented in the basin in recent years. This has
occurred with little or no coordination among stakeholders in Botswana, Mozambique, South Africa
and Zimbabwe in the planning and implementation of these projects, resulting in uncoordinated
drawdowns on the water resources in the basin. The four countries have also never jointly addressed
the concomitant environmental impacts characterised by increasing levels of water pollution.
While this proposed project is not an infrastructure development project per se, it is an initiative that
will inform the extent to which the development and utilisation of water resources linked
infrastructure will have on the basin. The data collected on water resources management and
pollution will also be of great importance in the debates on equitable water allocation across all user
sectors in the basin. The stakeholders in the basin consider this to be an important initiative, given
the paucity of water resources in the basin. Critical aspects to be monitored and reported on include
water pollution, soil loss and sustainable development. Data sharing across all four countries will be
imperative if sustainable water resources management is to be achieved in the Limpopo River Basin.
The project proponent is the Government of Botswana, which has to collaborate with the other
project riparian states of South Africa, Zimbabwe and Mozambique. Feasibility studies should be
completed in 2013. Detailed designs and tendering for construction of monitoring works will be done
in 2014. Procurement of equipment and instruments and the construction of the monitoring stations
would start in��2015 and be completed by 2016. The estimated total project costs are US$1 million.
The project can be considered to be in Phase 3 of the ICA Project Development Phases.
Possible project financiers are Sida.
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