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Southern Africa is facing tremendous challenges when it comes to water. In 2009, half of the 15 states of the Southern African Development Community were considered to be facing serious water-related constraints, and some have been classified as water-scarce.
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Hitchcock, R.K. (2011). The Lesotho Highlands Water Project: Water, Culture, and Environmental Change. In: Johnston, B., Hiwasaki, L., Klaver, I., Ramos Castillo, A., Strang, V. (eds) Water, Cultural Diversity, and Global Environmental Change. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1774-9_23
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