also been discharged into the Mohokare (Caledon) River to provide water to Lesotho's capital Maseru in times of shortages. The new dams have filled as anticipated and discharge of water from the dams into the downstream rivers continues in a scheme devised to preserve ecological balances. This discharged water flows to the Senqu (Orange) River, and while preserving the ecological status quo, it benefits only those communities along the rivers. Schemes to provide water supplies to displaced Highlands farmers have not been very successful. The dam project has also been a source of widespread corruption, which is not uncommon with large dam projects. The Lesotho courts have taken the unusual step of prosecuting the large companies involved in the scandal in addition to the Lesotho bureaucrat who took the bribes. Thus far, there have been a number of convictions and at least one company debarred by the World Bank for its role in the scandal. Intake tower water transfer The intake tower is located approximately north of Katse Dam and has been designed to accommodate which was the maximum transfer originally envisaged for full implementation of the LHWP. The intake tower is in diameter and high to accommodate the large range in reservoir storage elevation as well as to facilitate the draw-off at four distinct lake levels. This will enable the quality of the transferred water to be controlled at all times. Due to the position and design of the intake tower, there is a certain volume of water in the reservoir that cannot be accessed via the transfer tunnels. This dead storage is approximately , with the result that the effective live storage behind Katse Dam is reduced from the total storage capacity of 1,950 million m³ to 1,520 million m³. Dam features Height - (second tallest in Africa) Crest length - Design - double arch, concrete Concrete - Elevation - above sea level (highest elevation dam in Africa) See also Lesotho Highlands Water Project Mohale Dam References External links International Rivers Dam crossection Dam specifications Lesotho Highlands Development Authority Transformation Resource Centre Dams in Lesotho Hydroelectric power stations in Lesotho Dams completed in 1996 Energy infrastructure completed in 1996