potatoes, vegetables and fruit trees. The project entails the construction of five dams at five selected
areas in AER I, eight fish ponds per site and irrigation schemes at these five separate locations.
It is important that project P1‐13 has a strong monitoring component, especially for lessons to be
learnt in its implementation and applicability for replication in the SADC region. This project will
independently monitor project P1‐13 to facilitate replication in similar areas of the SADC region. The
monitoring project, as part of the other outputs, will recommend other areas in the SADC region
where the project can be replicated with appropriate project profiles being developed.
The project proponent is the SADC Water Division, which will appoint a suitable consultant or
implementing agent such as the ZAMCOM Secretariat. The ToR and appointment of the consultant
can be done in 2014, in time to start monitoring Project P1‐13 in 2014 till 2017, as Project P1‐13 will
be concluded in 2016. The estimated total cost for the project monitoring over the four years is
US$0.5 million.
Possible project financiers are UNDP and the FAO. The project can be considered to be in Phase 3 of
the ICA Project Development Phases.
The major project challenge foreseen is timely sourcing of project finances.
Monitor Water Pollution in Reservoirs and Rivers of Shared SADC Watercourses (Project Gp‐9)
The SADC region has witnessed increased development in the mining and irrigation sectors in recent
years. The planning and implementation of these developments has occurred with little or no
coordination among stakeholders in the neighbouring states sharing watercourses. The concomitant
environmental impacts, characterised by increasing levels of water pollution, have also never been
addressed at river basin level.
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 and has had an effect in each of the 15 SADC shared watercourses. Polluted water
is more expensive to use, as it requires treatment. In some cases reservoir waters become unusable,
with negative consequences to ecosystems and the environment. Further, the polluters and the hot
spots in respect to pollution will be identified and highlighted, facilitating corrective action. 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 these shared watercourses. Critical
aspects to be monitored and reported on include water pollution, soil loss and sustainable
development. Data sharing among the riparian states will be imperative if sustainable water
resources management is to be achieved in these shared watercourses.
The project proponents will be the Secretariats of the RBOs, or the SADC Water Division where such
Secretariats do not exist. ToR for the project and identification of polluters and hot spots should be
completed in 2013. Detailed designs and tendering for construction for any necessary monitoring
stations 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. Monitoring and reporting
would commence thereafter.
The estimated total project costs are US$15 million. The project can be considered to be in Phase 3 of
the ICA Project Development Phases. Possible project financiers are Sida, the African Water Facility,
UNEP and GEF.
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