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Africa-Press – Zambia. <\/strong><\/span>Water levels at the Kariba dam are plunging toward record lows, threatening hydroelectricity production for Zambia and Zimbabwe. The dam had 10.9% of usable storage this week, compared with 34.1% a year ago, according to data from the Zambezi River Authority.<\/p>\n

Levels are close to those reached in the 1995\/96 season, the lowest recorded since the 128-meter (420 feet) high dam was completed in 1959. While inflows from the Zambezi river were lower than the long-term mean in the past rainy season, the governments of Zambia and Zimbabwe have both built extra hydropower turbines at Kariba in the past decade, which release more water downstream.<\/p>\n

Normally, water levels start rising in January. \u201cAppropriate measures to prevent a complete depletion of the scarce water in the Kariba reservoir have been taken with the power utilities,\u201d the Zambezi River Authority, which manages the dam on behalf of Zambia and Zimbabwe, said in an emailed response to questions.<\/p>\n

\u201cConsidering the rainfall forecast for the forthcoming season of normal-to-above normal, the authority has optimized the water allocation for 2023.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kariba has a generation capacity of 2,130 megawatts split between Zambia and Zimbabwe, which are separated by the Zambezi. The low levels could exacerbate a power shortage in Zimbabwe, which is currently generating 750 megawatts at the dam, until a coal-power plant at Hwange adds 300 megawatts \u2014 due next month.<\/p>\n

Zambia has reduced its dependence on Kariba through the commissioning of the 750-megawatt Kafue Gorge Lower hydropower dam. Zesco Ltd., Zambia\u2019s state-owned power utility, didn\u2019t immediately respond to emailed questions.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Zambia. Water levels at the Kariba dam are plunging toward record lows, threatening hydroelectricity production for Zambia and Zimbabwe. The dam had 10.9% of usable storage this week, compared with 34.1% a year ago, according to data from the Zambezi River Authority. 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