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ZAMBEZI AUTHORITY (ZRA)

M J TUMBARE Presentation to the ANBO General Assembly, March 2007 PRESENTATION OUTLINE

z The River Basin z Corporate Structure of ZRA z Core Ideology of ZRA z ZRA’s Major Functions & Business z ZRA & IWRM z Conclusion STATISTICS OF THE ZAMBEZI RIVER BASIN z 8 riparian States z Catchment Area: 1 359 000 Km2 z Length of River: 2 650 Km z Population in Basin: 38 million (2000) z Natural Mean Annual Runoff at mouth 94 billion m3/year z Cyclic flooding and drought events z Distinct wet & dry Seasons THE ZAMBEZI RIVER BASIN ZRA’s CORPORATE STRUCTURE z 1987 Agreement between 2 of the 8 riparian states of the Zambezi, & , established the ZRA z 57% of the Zambezi River Basin lies in Zambia & Zimbabwe z ’s Catchment Area is 815 000 Km2 (60% of the whole Zambezi catchment with MAR of 47billion m3) z 4 Member Council of Ministers z 6 Member Board of Directors z Chief Executive with 3 Departmental Heads z Head Office in with 2 other operational offices in Harare & Kariba z Current Staff Establishment of 150 CORPORATE STRUCTURE OF

Council of Ministers

Board of Directors

Chief Executive

HOD HOD HOD Engineering (Water Finance & Human Engineering (Projects Resources &Environment) Resources & Safety) ZRA’S CORE IDEOLOGY z VISION To be the best water resources and dam management organization in . z MISSION Our passion at ZRA is to effectively manage and develop, in an integrated and sustainable manner, the water resources of the common Zambezi River and the Complex for power generation and other uses to the total satisfaction of all our stakeholders. ZRA’s MAJOR FUNCTIONS AND BUSINESS z Operation and Maintenance of the Kariba Dam Complex for hydropower generation and other uses (, fisheries, urban domestic water supply, lake transportation, ). z Developing Dam sites on the common Zambezi River for hydropower generation. z Environmental, water quality and hydrological data collection, evaluation and dissemination. z Sell of water for hydropower generation LAKE KARIBA CATCHMENT AND ZRA’s TELEMETRY STATIONS ZRA & IWRM z Whilst Kariba Dam was originally primarily built for hydro-power generation, its water & the Lake now have other competing diverse social & economic uses z The need to reconcile these competing uses of the water and the Lake, have led the ZRA to practice IWRM, particularly in times of droughts z ZRA operates in the SADC Region in which a Protocol on Shared Watercourses (PSW) is in force z The PSW advocates the creation of new and the enhancement of existing RBOs to manage River Basins holistically to enhance sustainability z The PSW advocates the practice of IWRM in all the shared watercourses in the SADC Region ZRA & IWRM Cont.

z ZRA is currently the Implementing Agent of the ZACPRO 6.2 Project, on behalf of the SADC-WD & the 8 Zambezi riparian states z The major overall objective of the ZACPRO 6.2 Project is to facilitate the creation of organs & Institutions that will manage the whole Zambezi River Basin. The ZAMCOM Agreement was consequently signed in July 2004 and is in the process of ratification z An IWRM Strategy for the Zambezi River Basin is currently under formulation and development, with an associated ZAMWIS Database, through the ZACPRO 6.2 Project CONCLUSION z ZRA is a self financing Bi-National Organisation z ZRA practices IWRM in its own work and advocates the practice of IWRM in River Basins z ZRA is assisting, through the implementation of the ZACPRO 6.2 Project, the 8 Zambezi riparian states to put in place Institutions that will holistically manage the whole Zambezi River Basin z ZRA is also assisting, through the implementation of the ZACPRO 6.2 Project, the formulation and development of an IWRM Strategy for the Zambezi River Basin with an associated ZAMWIS Database THANK YOU