• Mpatamanga Hydropower Project updated review of the EFlows assessment and preparation of a Rapid Cumulative Impact Assessment

    Year: 2021 – 2022 | Client: Government of Malawi/IFC | Location: Malawi

    Southern Waters was commissioned by the GoM to evaluate the impacts on the Shire River associated with the updated design of Mpatamanga HPP, specifically the attenuation of peaking power releases by the RRD. The ToR for the assignment included: a. Update the technical due diligence model with the current RRD location  (RRD version 6), providing quantitative analysis for this assignment; b. Review the Multiconsult EFlows assessment in relation to the updated design of the Mpatamanga HPP (i.e., including the RRD) and identify risks, impacts, benefits and additional mitigation measures  as necessary; c. Assess the current trajectory of the overall ecosystem condition using available (desktop) information; d. Provide a conceptual evaluation of possible mitigation/offset options, with Mpatamanga HPP operating with the proposed RRD; and e. Prepare a Rapid Cumulative Impact Assessment (RCIA) according to the IFC Good Practice Handbook on Cumulative Impact Assessment (CIA), based on information available in the Multiconsult EFlows Assessment.

  • Neelum-Jhelum Basin – Cumulative Impact Assessment

    Year: 2016 | Client: IFC | Location: Pakistan

    The objectives of the assignment were to:
    Consolidated existing DRIFT DSSs for parts of the basin into a single basin-wide DSS
    Add sites to allow for the evaluation of additional HPPs envisaged for the basin (Table 1)
    Synchronise the baseline hydrology/sediment time-series
    Extend the fish migration routes throughout the basin, as appropriate
    Run an initial set of basin-wide scenarios to demonstrate the sorts of information that can be provided using the consolidated DSS.

 

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