IntroductionThe phrase “water is life” has been said so many times that it is incredibly easy not to think deeply on its meaning. However, when we examine the statistics on water use, we realize rather surprisingly that this precious commodity is indeed the very engineer of life because it is fundamental to the activities on earth that directly or indirectly support life (examples are agriculture, job-creating industry, etc.). It therefore goes without saying that countries will want to assess the amount of water they have available in order to meet human needs as well as combat possible deficits. Because water availability is uneven in space and time (Christopherson), different places receive varying amounts of water over different periods. Some places receive abundant water most of the time, while others receive very little precipitation over an entire season, even though all places need water. For this reason, many solutions have been proposed to counter the water deficiency problem; one such remedy is inter-basin transfer programs. This mission will focus on one of the inter-basin water transfer projects in Southern Africa, the Lesotho Highlands Water Project. It will detail what the transfer program is, its objective, benefits, setbacks, impacts and current status, as well as whether it succeeded or failed in achieving its objective and the lessons learned from it. the result of its existence.DescriptionAccording to Slabbert (2007), inter-basin water transfer is the “artificial withdrawal of water by ditch, canal or pipeline from its source in one basin (catchment) for use in another ". From South Africa...... middle of paper ...... only limited to Lesotho, as places like Clarens, Fouriesburg, Ficksburg and Ladybrand now have improved infrastructure. Tourism Economy Fish tank Disadvantages Landless Resettlement Food insecurity Environmental damageConclusion Although the Lesotho Highlands Water Project has achieved some of its intended objectives, some concerns remain about it. These include the fact that some people resettled in Lesotho were undercompensated as they ended up receiving less than the agreed XXXXXX. A second element worth mentioning is the fact that Gauteng's water problems are not over, despite the strengthening of the Vaal Dam by the Lesotho Water Project and several other inter-catchment transfers. For the most part, the construction of the LHWP was beneficial or detrimental to the economic situation of the population..