Lake Kariba water levels keep dropping
Published On October 17, 2024 » 503 Views» By Times Reporter » Business, Stories
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By SNIKE MZULAH –
WATER levels at Lake Kariba in Siavonga have fallen steadily as Southern Africa has endured a long-term drought.
Straddling the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, the man-made lake has a surface area of 5,580 square kilometers, a length of 280 kilometres and a average width of 18 kilometres.
As of October 15, this year, the water levels at the Kariba Dam stood at 5.56 percent of what was available for power generation.
In 2023, the same date, the water levels stood at 20.23 percent as usable storage.
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