6. Water Sector
Project
Benefiting
Member States
Region
Project Cost Expected
Estimate
Completion
($ billion)
Year
Project Status
Inga Hydro-power
DRC-shared
regional electricity
SADC
8.0
2017
Pre-feasibility study
completed in 2011. Feasibility
and design to follow
Lesotho Highlands Phase II
Lesotho and South
Africa
SADC
1.0
2017
Pre-feasibility study
completed in 2011. Feasibility
and design to follow
Batoka George Hydo-power
Zambia and
Zimbabwe
SADC
3.5
2015
Feasibility studies completed.
Detailed design and
tendering to follow (2012 –
2013)
Songwe River Basin
Malawi and Tanzania SADC
0.22
2017
Feasibility studies completed.
Detailed design and
tendering to follow (2012 –
2013)
Okavango Multi-sector
Investment
Angola, Botswana
and Namibia
SADC
0.015
2016
Limpopo Joint Water
Monitoring
Botswana,
Mozambique,
South Africa and
Zimbabwe
SADC
0.007
2016
Lomahasha/NamaAcha Water
Supply and Sanitation
Mozambique and
Swaziland
SADC
0.250
2017
Institutional capacity
enhancement, policy reform
and harmonisation projects
All Member
States, river basin
organisations and
water utilities
SADC
0.490
2013 – 2017 Series of projects with Terms
of Reference and variable
documentation available
Total
36
Executive Summary
13.48 billion
Pre-feasibility study
completed. Feasibility
expected to be completed
by 2013