Prioritization criteria has been developed and an implementation schedule drawn for the whole LLWSS Programme. There are two packages which have been prioritized viz-a vis: Project Package 4 entailing Zone 6 &7 (Mafeteng and Mohales’Hoek) and Project Package 2 entailing Zone 2 & 3 Hlotse - Maputsoe Component. The Lesotho Lowlands Water Development Project (LLWDP-II) concerns itself with these prioritized areas.

The Project will construct bulk water infrastructure (intake structure, pump stations, raw water main, and water treatment plant, service reservoirs, transmission lines and booster pumps) in the prioritized areas; accompanied by improvements to the distribution systems and implementation of low-scale sanitation and hygiene measures to improve service delivery. It will also build capacity of service providers to reduce non-revenue water (NRW), improve billing and revenue collection, and strengthen overall planning and monitoring.

In addition, it will provide technical assistance to support a long-term technical solution to ensure water security for domestic and industrial uses and supply for irrigation as well as water export opportunities to Botswana. Furthermore, the Project will support activities to strengthen water sector institutions’ ability to promote and operate LLWSS Programme in an efficient and effective manner.