Project title
Movene Dam (Project P1‐7)
Project sponsors
The project proponent is the National Directorate of Water (DNA) and ARA South in
Mozambique being the project's implementing agent.
Participating countries
Mozambique
Objectives
To store water for human consumption, irrigation and livestock, contributing to socio‐
economic development, poverty eradication and food security.
Project description
The dam will be instrumental in poverty eradication, as the water supply from the
dam will assist small‐holder farmers in Mozambique, as well as provide much needed
water for mainly the peri‐urban population with poor water supply and sanitation.
The dam would supplement the existing Pequenos Limbobos Dam.
The selection of a concrete dam is motivated by the occurrence of flash floods in the
area, and the dam is proposed to be constructed as an overflow weir without gates.
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The active storage volume would be about 50 x 10 m .
It is estimated that the project will supply 50 000 people with a safe water supply and
sanitation service, irrigate 300 hectares of land and generate about 10 MW of
hydropower.
Expected results
This project aims at construction of the Movene Dam, which will have a great impact
on the socio‐economic development of the surrounding area, namely:
Increase the water availability for human consumption and livestock;
Promote the irrigated agriculture, increasing the agricultural production and
productivity, thereby contributing to food security;
Increase in rural household income due to the high crop yields; and
Reduce the vulnerability to droughts in area of the project; contributing to
maintenance of ecological flows.
The dam will be instrumental in poverty eradication as the water supply from the dam
will assist smallholder farmers in Mozambique
Ongoing related activities in the Similar efforts in other SADC Member States pursuant to meeting the MDG targets on
region
water supply and sanitation services.
Description of national plan to the A priority project for Mozambique requiring external financing.
project
Status
The project can be considered to be in Phase 1 of the ICA Project Development
Phases.
Next steps
Pre‐feasibility studies and a comprehensive environmental and social impact
assessment need to be completed by 2013. Feasibility studies would follow in 2014.
Detailed designs and tendering for construction will be done in 2015. Implementation
and construction of the associated project components is expected to start in 2016
and will be completed by 2018.
Business model
Investment project financed as a BOT, Grants or from Loans.
Main parties in place
DNA and ARA Sul
Main parties to be procured
Possible project financiers are USAID and the World Bank.
Project challenges
The major project challenge is the timely sourcing of project finances.
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