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Online Reporter
THE Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) will review the 2024 water allocation for electricity generation at Kariba Dam for Zimbabwe and Zambia at the end of this month.
This comes as both countries are experiencing below-normal rainfall this season.
In a statement on Wednesday, ZRA chief executive officer Engineer Munyaradzi Munodawafa said: “Given that the outcome of the rainfall forecast is generally below normal, the authority has maintained the 16 billion cubic metres (BCM) water allocation for the year 2024 providing for combined annual average power production of 428MW, shared equally.
“The water allocation of 8 BCM per power utility, translates into an average power production of 214MW per utility to the end of March 2024 when the first quarter 2024 hydrological review falls due as per standing operational framework for Kariba Dam reservoir operations.”
He said the review will, among other factors, take into consideration the actual performance of the 2023/2024 rainfall season and the resulting inflows into the lake over the first quarter of 2024.
Online Reporter