Human (Paper 2)

• Lesotho Highlands Water Project


  • Transfers water from Lesotho to South Africa
  • Builds 200km of tunnels to transfer 2000 million m³ per year
  • Provides 75% of GDP for Lesotho
  • Displaced 30,000 people
  • Cost $4 billion
• India - Poor water management


  • Overuse of water for irrigation
  • Waterlogging and salination
• Wakel River Basin

  1. Underground storage systems

  2. Small dams to capture rainwater

  3. Improved irrigation channels

  4. Education about water management