[2] It was transferred to the Malete Land Board when it was formed in 1972, and then leased to the Botswana Development Corporation (BDC).

[2] At a meeting in October 2003, the Balete were calling for the morafe to repossess the Mogobane Irrigation Scheme, which their grandparents had built on their land.

[5] During times of heavy rainfall, the dam may overflow, flooding the adjoining Mogobane village.

In summer the shallows are used by waders, and Black-headed and Grey Herons, Cattle Egret, Reed Cormorant and African Spoonbill breed in the reed beds in the center of the shallows when they are surrounded by water.

Orange-breasted Waxbill and Fan-tailed Cisticola are found in the reeds and grasses around the reservoir.