Mohale Dam

Mohale Dam
Mohale Dam

Mohale Dam
Official name Mohale Dam
Location Lesotho
Opening date 2002
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Embankment, rock-fill
Height 475 ft (145 m)
Length 2033 ft (620 m)
Impounds Senqunyane River


The Mohale Dam, part of the Lesotho Highlands Water Project--Africa's largest dam project, eventually to include 5 large dams in remote rural areas--is a rock-fill dam in Lesotho. The potential of the project was identified by the South African Civil Engineer Ninham Shand (now Aurecon) as a possible means to supplement the water supply to South Africa. The World Bank arranged for a treaty between the then-Apartheid government of South Africa and its much smaller neighbor, Lesotho, allowing execution of the project to proceed.

Construction

The dam was built by a consortium of Balfour Beatty, Campenon Bernard, LTA, Spie Batignolles and E.D. Zublin[1]. It was completed in 2002.

References

  1. ^ Corner House

External links

Coordinates: 29°27′24.20″S 28°05′45.18″E / 29.456722°S 28.0958833°E / -29.456722; 28.0958833


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