Lake Tanganyika Basin Water Resources Management
The Government of Tanzania is implementing the Water Sector Development Program (2006-2025) which has among its objectives the development of a basin-wide Integrated Water Resources Management and Development (IWRMD) Plan for the Lake Nyasa Basin (also known as Lake Malawi Basin).
The IWRMD Plan will safeguard the basin’s water resources and establish a framework to improve the livelihood of people living in the basin. The Plan will also promote equitable, efficient, environmentally sound and socially sustainable water resources development.
Over 580 km in length, Lake Nyasa is the third largest freshwater lake in Africa, while Lake Nyasa Basin covers an area of over 165,100 square km.
SMEC, a member of the Surbana Jurong Group, is preparing the Integrated Water Resources Management and Development Plan for the Lake Naysa Basin including all studies, consultations and modelling.
Our scope of work includes:
• Water resources mapping
• Hydrological and groundwater modelling
• Assessment of water quality, river health, and terrestrial ecology
• Water demand analyses
• Climate change assessment
• Management and development of transboundary waters
• Sector and thematic basin management plans
• Development of an implementation and action plan
• Institutional, policy, and legal framework
• A flood management study
• Capacity building and knowledge transfer.
