Project Summary
Strategic Environmental Assessment – Kikonge Multipurpose Dam. We provided services to TANESCO assessing the strategic options for a multipurpose dam on the Ruhuhu River. Multiconsult were the lead consultant. The Ruhuhu is the largest tributary to Lake Nyasa/Malawi. The primary objective was provision of hydro- electrical power with irrigation opportunities
Services
- Support for the Strategic Environmental Assessment approach
- Training in SEA to Tanzanian environmental personnel
- Biodiversity assessment
- ID critical fish migration routes
Solutions
- Viable alternatives to damming a free- flowing river
- Basin management plan
- Critical research areas
- Biodiversity options
Support
- Support for the SEA process
- Future assessments of selected strategic option
- Sustainable development of Lake Nyasa
- Guide future biodiversity research