INMACOM is a river basin organization (RBO) within the Incomati and Maputo Basins (maps attached). Within these, data related to river flow data at strategic points, water quality and reservoir storage levels shared. The data shared is contained in the 2002 Tripartite Interim Agreement between the three member states. INMACOM has a mandate to ensure the equitable, fair and sustainable sharing of water within the two basins.
Our Vision
To be a leading transboundary water management institution that promotes sustainable, equitable management and protection of the shared water resources in the Incomati and Maputo Basins
The following are key useful considerations relative to the agreement used to eventually establish INMACOM
1Catchment
An area through which any rainfall will drain into the watercourse through surface flow to a common point
2Emergency situation
A situation that causes or poses an imminent threat of causing serious harm to the Parties and which results suddenly from natural causes, such as torrential rains, floods, landslides or earthquakes, or from human conduct.
3Environmental impact assessment
A national procedure for evaluating the likely impact of a planned measure on the environment.
4Impact
Any effect on the environment caused by an activity; such effects on the environment include effects on human health and safety, flora, fauna, soil, air, water, climate, landscape, socio-economic environment or the interaction among these factors and cultural heritage or socio-economic conditions resulting from alterations to these factors.
5Incomati watercourse
The system of the Incomati River, which includes the tributaries Mazimechopes, Uanetze, Massintonto, Sabie, Crocodile, Komati Rivers and the estuary.
6Ministers
Ministers responsible for the water affairs of the Parties.
7Ongoing activity
Any activity that would have been subjected to a decision of a competent authority in accordance with an applicable national procedure if it had been a planned measure.
8Piggs Peak Agreement
The agreement reached at the Tripartite Ministerial Meeting of Ministers Responsible for Water Affairs, signed in Piggs Peak on 15 February 1991.
9Planned measure
Any activity or a major change to an ongoing activity subject to a decision of a competent authority in accordance with applicable national procedures.
10Pollution
Any detrimental alteration in the composition or quality of the waters of a shared watercourse, which results directly or indirectly from human conduct.
11Protocol
The Revised Protocol on Shared Watercourses in the Southern African Development Community signed on 7 August 2000 in Windhoek.
12Sustainable development
Is development which meets the needs of present generations without compromising future generations to meet their own needs.
13TPTC
The Tripartite Permanent Technical Committee established by the Agreement between the Government of the Republic of South Africa, the Government of the Kingdom of Eswatini and the Government of the Republic of Mozambique relative to the establishment of the Tripartite Permanent Technical Committee, signed in Pretoria on 17 February 1983.
14Transboundary impact
Any adverse effect, caused by human conduct, within an area under the jurisdiction of a Party caused by a proposed activity, the physical origin of which is situated wholly or in part within the area under the jurisdiction of another Party.
15Watercourse
A system of surface and ground waters constituting by virtue of their physical relationship a unitary whole normally flowing into a common terminus such as the sea, lake or aquifer.