By OLIVER SAMBOKOWATER levels at Kariba Dam have reached 479.38m above the minimum level required for power generation at the country’s biggest power station in Siavonga.Kariba North Bank Power Station is Zambia’s largest power station, with capacity to produce 1 050MW, but is currently generating electricity at curtailed level due to critically low water levels following the drought experienced in the catchment area of the dam’s main feeder riverThe Kariba Lake is designed to operate between levels 475.50m and 488.50m with 0.70m freeboard) for hydropower generation.According to latest water readings, obtained by the Daily Nation from the Zambezi River Authority (ZRA), the Lake level has continued rising steadily from its lowest at below 8 percent last December to close at 479.38m translated to 27.31% usable storage) on April 30 2020. Last year on the same date, the Lake level was higher at 480.27mConcerns have been raising from the public on why the country is still […]
Kariba water levels rise above minimum
