据彭博社看到的文件显示，南非和津巴布韦正在商讨一项价值5亿美元的大坝项目，旨在向两国边境附近的一个工业中心供水。
By Godfrey Marawanyika and Loni Prinsloo South Africa and Zimbabwe are discussing a $500 million dam project to supply water to an industrial hub near their border, according to documents seen by Bloomberg.
根据文件，拟建的图利-莫斯瓦大坝将位于津巴布韦图利，库容约4.3亿立方米（约1140亿加仑），每年最多可向南非林波波省的穆西纳-马哈多特别经济区供水9000万立方米。
The proposed Thuli Moswa dam, to be built in Thuli in Zimbabwe, would have storage capacity of about 430 million cubic meters (114 billion gallons) and could supply as much as 90 million cubic meters of water to the Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone in South Africa’s Limpopo province, according to the documents.
南非水利部发言人维萨内·马瓦萨在给彭博社的电子邮件回复中表示：“南非和津巴布韦仍在就拟议的联合研究进行磋商，以评估在津巴布韦修建大坝并向林波波省调水作为长远规划的可行性。”
“South Africa and Zimbabwe are still in discussion on the proposed joint study to assess the feasibility of building dams in Zimbabwe and transferring water to Limpopo province as a long-term plan,” Wisane Mavasa, a spokesperson for South Africa’s Water Department, said in an emailed response to Bloomberg.
长期缺水、工业需求上升和气候风险，使水利基础设施成为南非当前亟待投资的优先领域。决策者和融资方正在推进大坝、海水淡化厂和大宗调水项目，以保障支持经济增长所需的供水，尽管大型跨境项目可能需要数年才能进入施工阶段，因为各国政府仍在就融资结构、水价和成本分摊进行博弈。
Chronic water shortages, rising industrial demand and climate risks are turning water infrastructure into an urgent investment priority for South Africa. Policymakers and financiers are pursuing dams, desalination plants and bulk-transfer projects to secure supplies needed to support economic growth, though large cross-border projects could take years to reach construction as governments wrestle with financing structures, water pricing and how to share costs.
穆西纳-马哈多特别经济区发言人表示，目前“无法置评”。该特区未来将承接包括金属加工和制造业在内的高能耗产业。津巴布韦农业部秘书奥伯特·吉里表示，该项目尚无启动时间表。
A spokesperson for the Musina-Makhado Special Economic Zone, which is set to host energy-intensive industries including metals processing and manufacturing, said they could not comment, “at this stage.”Obert Jiri, secretary in Zimbabwe’s Agriculture Ministry, said there’s no timeline for the project to begin.
根据文件，若达成协议，该项目将进入为期18个月的筹备阶段，随后历时约三年进行建设。南非将根据为期五年至35年的协议支付水费。
If agreed, the project would enter an 18-month preparation phase, followed by about three years of construction, according to the documents. South Africa would pay for the water under an agreement lasting between five and 35 years.
这一发展将成为自几十年前的莱索托高地水利工程以来，涉及南非的最大跨境水利项目之一，该工程为该国的工业核心地带供水。
The development would be one of the largest cross-border water projects involving South Africa since the decades-old Lesotho Highlands Water Project, which supplies the country’s industrial heartland.
根据该安排，该王国每年输送约7.8亿立方米水，并获得约42亿马洛蒂（约2.57亿美元）的特许权使用费收入。
Under the arrangement the kingdom delivers about 780 million cubic meters of water annually and earns about 4.2 billion maloti ($257 million) a year in royalties.