Common use of Flow Regimes Clause in Contracts

Flow Regimes. (1) The agreed flow regime of the Incomati watercourse is contained in Annex I, which complements the flow regime as determined in the Piggs Peak Agreement, and the agreed flow regime of the Maputo watercourse is contained in the same Annex. (2) Any abstraction of waters from the Incomati or Maputo watercourses, regardless of the use or geographic destination of such waters, shall be in conformity with the flow regimes of Annex I and relevant provisions of this Agreement and its Annexes. (3) The Parties have considered the following criteria in establishing the flow regimes contained in Annex I: (a) The geographic, hydrological, climatic and other natural characteristics of each watercourse; (b) the need to ensure water of sufficient quantity with acceptable quality to sustain the watercourses and their associated ecosystems; (c) any present and reasonably foreseeable water requirements, including afforestation; (d) existing infrastructure which has the capacity to regulate streamflow of the watercourses; and (e) agreements in force among the Parties. (4) The following short to medium term water requirements of each of the Parties are recognised in particular: (a) The strategic importance to Mozambique of augmenting the water supplies to the city of Maputo and its metropolitan area from one or both of the Incomati and Maputo watercourses; (b) the importance to Swaziland of developing the Lower Usuthu Smallholder Irrigation Project in the Usuthu River catchment; and (c) the importance to South Africa of establishing and developing emerging irrigation farmers in the Incomati River catchment. (5) The additional water requirements of the city of Maputo, for which additional water must be secured, have been reserved in Annex I.

Flow Regimes. (1) The agreed flow regime of the Incomati watercourse is contained in Annex I, which complements the flow regime as determined in the Piggs Peak Agreement, and the agreed flow regime of the Maputo watercourse is contained in the same Annex. (2) . Any abstraction of waters from the Incomati or Maputo watercourses, regardless of the use or geographic destination of such waters, shall be in conformity with the flow regimes of Annex I and relevant provisions of this Agreement and its Annexes. (3) . The Parties have considered the following criteria in establishing the flow regimes contained in Annex I: (a) : The geographic, hydrological, climatic and other natural characteristics of each watercourse; (b) ; the need to ensure water of sufficient quantity with acceptable quality to sustain the watercourses and their associated ecosystems; (c) ; any present and reasonably foreseeable water requirements, including afforestation; (d) ; existing infrastructure which has the capacity to regulate streamflow of the watercourses; and (e) and agreements in force among the Parties. (4) . The following short to medium term water requirements of each of the Parties are recognised in particular: (a) : The strategic importance to Mozambique of augmenting the water supplies to the city of Maputo and its metropolitan area from one or both of the Incomati and Maputo watercourses; (b) ; the importance to Swaziland of developing the Lower Usuthu Smallholder Irrigation Project in the Usuthu River catchment; and (c) the importance to South Africa of establishing and developing emerging irrigation farmers in the Incomati River catchment. (5) The additional water requirements of the city of Maputo, for which additional water must be secured, have been reserved in Annex I.