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Katse Dam

Malibamatso

Capacity

1,519.2 hm³

Coordinates

-29.337°N, 28.506°E

Operator

Lesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA)

88.9% full

This week

88.9%

2026-10-05

Week before

88.4%

printed, undated

Year earlier

95.2%

printed, undated

Full supply capacity

1,519.2 Mm³

2026-10-05

Catchment Weather

Past 30 days + 14-day forecast · Open-Meteo

Technical specifications

Total capacity1,519.2 hm³
Usable capacity1,519.2 hm³
Primary usewater supply
OperatorLesotho Highlands Development Authority (LHDA)
RiverMalibamatso River
River basinMalibamatso
Data source:Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS)·Last reading: 2026-10-05

About Katse Dam

Katse Dam on the Malibamatso River. Full supply capacity 1,519.2 million m³ on the Department of Water and Sanitation weekly state of dams for the Kingdom of Lesotho, dated 2026-10-05, when the table printed 88.9% full (88.4% the week before, 95.2% a year earlier).

The weekly table prints full supply capacity and percent full. It does not print a stored volume. The week-before and year-earlier figures are the table’s own columns. The table does not print dates for them. The table total on 2026-10-05 is 93.7% full on 2,362.6 million m³.

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