The Orange-Senqu River is a river of international importance and special care should be taken to treat it as such. Namibia, as a SADC member, should ensure that its people adhere to the various treaties and protocols it is signatory to. Namibia is a watercourse state (riparian state) to the Orange-Senqu River, and has been abstracting water from it long before any construction of dams in South Africa took place. Certain institutional arrangements, i.e. SADC, ORASECOM and PWC were put in place and the various Commissioners and Government officials should ensure that Namibia's rights are protected. Namibia has a right to water from the river; therefore the ORM LOM project should have ample water of good quality for its operation.