| Mohale Dam | |
|---|---|
 Mohale Dam | |
| Official name | Mohale Dam |
| Location | Lesotho |
| Coordinates | 29°27′24.20″S 28°05′45.18″E / 29.4567222°S 28.0958833°E |
| Opening date | 2003-04 |
| Dam and spillways | |
| Type of dam | Embankment, concrete faced rock-fill |
| Impounds | Senqunyane River |
| Height | 145 metres (476 ft) |
| Length | 700 metres (2,300 ft) |
| Dam volume | 7,500,000 m3 (9,809,630 cu yd) |
| Spillway capacity | 6,000 m3/s (211,888 cu ft/s) |
| Reservoir | |
| Total capacity | 1.0 km3 (810,713 acre⋅ft) |
Mohale Dam is a concrete faced rock-fill dam in Lesotho. It is the second dam, under Phase 1B of the series of dams of the proposed Lesotho Highlands Water Project (LHWP), which will eventually include five large dams in remote rural areas of Lesotho and South Africa.[1] The project has been built at a cost of US$1.5 billion.[2]
The Mohale Dam was awarded the 2005 Fulton Awards by the Concrete Society of South Africa as having the "Best Construction Engineering Project and Best Construction Technique." [3]
- ^ "Welcome to LHWP Phase I". Lesotho Highlands Development Authority. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
- ^ McDonald 2004, p. 224.
- ^ Haas, Mazzei & O'Leary 2010.