The Lesotho Highlands Water Project: Massive Dams for Massive Disasters
Publisher: CEE Bankwatch Network
Volume: 7 pages, pdf
Description:
The Lesotho High lands Water Project (LHWP) is the largest civil engineering project in Africa and is the world’s second largest water-transfer scheme in the world, after China’s Three Gorges Dam. Upon completion it will divert about 40% of the Senqu/Orange River’s water through five large-scale dams.