Complaint > Phase 1B of Lesotho Highlands Water Project, 1st Request

Filing: 12-Request for Inspection (English)

...climate that now exists. 1.4 The LHWP. By way of background to the LHWP itself, concerns have often been expressed about design flaws associated with the first (completed) dam (Katse, Phase 1A). This Claim is based on the argument that "both Phase 1A and the next dam to be built -- Mohale (along with a diversion weir and tunnel to the Katse Reservoir), known as "Phase 1B" -- cause harm to the claimants and others similarly situated. Indeed we believe that a $50 million World Bank loan for Phase ...

Complaint > Phase 1B of Lesotho Highlands Water Project, 1st Request

Eligibility: 12-Eligibility Report (English)

...changes in water allocation, repair of leaky infrastructure, a daily lifeline amount of water … and other approaches.” The Management Response addresses compliance with this policy only in terms of Lesotho, not South Africa. However, with respect to meeting the needs of poor water consumers in South Africa, it states that: “any postponement of the Phase 1B Project would carry net economic and financial costs to South Africa and hence would more likely harm than help poor water consumers. Signifi...