Cahora Bassa dam;
Data capture and meetings to support implementation activities. This should be
considered a short‐ to medium‐term intervention to allow testing of a wide
range of scenarios, which depend on weather/hydrological patterns;
Dam Operators and power producers are fully engaged, make the necessary
changes and adopt the new modes of operation; and
Provide a risk management plan (including funds) to cover for unforeseen loss
of storage, power and/or revenue.
The project would start with the drafting of the ToR for the project in 2013,
tendering for the consultancy assistance work in 2013 and execution of the project
from 2014 to 2020.
Business model
This is a study, but benefits will manifest in improved water and infrastructure
management
Main parties in place
SADC, HCB, ZRA, ZESCO and ZESA
Main parties to be procured
Possible project financiers are DBSA, GEF and GIZ.
Project challenges
The major project challenges foreseen are the timely sourcing of project finances
and the adoption of an MoU between the dam operators to facilitate conjunctive
and synchronised operation of dams, as well as information exchange.
Project documentation available
SADC, 2011, Zambezi River Basin Dam Synchronisation and Flood Releases Project,
SADC Secretariat, Gaborone
Intervention requiring financing
Project to be presented for grant financing during the planned 1st SADC
Infrastructure Investment Summit and Conference to be held in the last quarter of
2012.
Revenues for financing repayment
This is a study that will end with experiences and knowledge that will facilitate the
efficient management of the surface water storage infrastructure in the Zambezi
River Basin and the SADC region.
Estimated total cost
It is expected that the project will cost US$7 million over a period of seven years
starting in 2014.
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