Cahora Bassa (Mozambique)
52
1974
Kariba (Zambia/Zimbabwe)
185
1959
Comparison of large dams
600
539
No of large dams
500
400
300
213
200
15
14
13
9
8
7
6
4
3
3
2
2
Angola
DRC
Namibia
Mauritius
Mozambique
Lesotho
Swaziland
Zambia
Botswana
Malawi
Seychelles
Tanzania
Zimbabwe
0
South Africa
100
Figure 2.7: Number of Large Dams (capacity > 3 million m3), by SADC Country (Source: World Bank, 2004)
The SADC Secretariat organised a RIDMP Workshop on 6‐7 December 2011, which was attended by
representatives from the SADC Member States invited from the Water, ICT, Transport, Tourism,
Energy and Meteorological sectors to discuss the Diagnostic Reports from the RIDMP sector experts.
The SADC Member State Water Sector representatives discussed and validated the contents and
targets of Table 2.3 and agreed that the Vision 2027 targets stipulated therein were achievable and
should constitute the core of the Water Sector RIDMP strategy and be considered as the Water
Sector's Vision 2027 targets.
From Table 2.3, the gap between the current situation and desired 2027 situation for the six Vision
2027 Water Sector targets of surface water storage, irrigated land, hydropower development,
domestic water supply, sanitation services and water abstracted, was derived. Table 2.4 thus
summarises the gap, which exists between the current situation and the Vision 2027 Water Sector
targets. The Water Sector SADC RIDMP should thus concentrate on addressing the infrastructure and
service gaps identified and tabulated in Table 2.4, which forms the basis of the RIDMP for the Water
Sector.
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