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CHAPTER 3: PARTS 8 & 9 ANTICIPATED PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES & FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONS Operational Activities. DEVELOPMENT OF WATER-SHARING AGREEMENTS WITH NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES. BY 2010 for all: - Joint basin studies finalised - Formal agreements concluded to establish
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CHAPTER 3: PARTS 8 & 9ANTICIPATED PROGRAMME OF ACTIVITIES&FINANCIAL IMPLICATIONSOperational Activities
DEVELOPMENT OF WATER-SHARING AGREEMENTS WITH NEIGHBOURING COUNTRIES BY 2010 for all: - Joint basin studies finalised - Formal agreements concluded to establish international WMIs to manage basins
SOURCES OF FUNDING At present: • Allocations from the Government Exchequer account • Revenues from water use charges – the Water Trading Account • Off-budget funding (e.g. Lesotho Highland Water Project, Komati Basin Scheme) • Donor funding (minimal) In future: • Objective is to implement the Act’s requirements without substantial increases in Exchequer funding • Revenues from water use charges will fund water management institutions • Off-budget funding for infrastructure wherever possible, but some infrastructure will continue to require Government funding