Africa-Press – Zimbabwe. Water levels of Kariba Dam which houses the country’s largest power producing plant continue to rise and the dam currently has 25,64% of the usable water a 15% increase from last year’s levels around this time, The Herald reports.
The update was communicated by Zambezi River Authority chief executive officer Engineer Munyaradzi Munodawafa who said the water levels were encouraging as he spoke to the publication:
This 3,2 metres above the MOL translates to 14,55 billion cubic metre (BCM) of usable water storage currently in the lake.
It is encouraging to note that the lake level, which should generally be in a decreasing trend at this time of the year, has continued to record a steady rise due to increased rainfall activity on and around the lake, leading to a lake level of 478,71m with 22,45 percent live/usable storage on January 18, 2021
Based on the meteorological authorities’ projections of normal to above-normal rains for the ongoing 2020/2021 rainfall season, the Authority will maintain the 30 Billion cubic Meters of water allocated for power generation operations at Kariba for the year 2021.
Kariba Power station has the capacity to produce 1050 MW which is half of the country’s power needs during peak hours.
More: The Herald
