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The  Zambezi River Authority is governed by a Council of Ministers consisting of four members, two of whom are Ministers in the Government of the Republic of Zambia and two of whom are Ministers in the Government of Zimbabwe.

 

LAKE LEVELS

The Kariba Lake was created and designed to operate between levels 475.50m and 488.50m with 0.70m freeboard at all time

 

The level of water at Lake Kariba dropped by 15cm during the week, from 486.97m on 5th July 2010 to 486.82m on 11th July 2010.  The end of week level is still higher than the level attained last year on the same date, by 16cm.

 

As of 11th July 2010, the reservoir was 86% full, that is, storage available for power generation at Kariba.

 

LAKE KARIBA

WEEKLY LEVELS IN METERS

Day

This Year (2010)

% Full

Last Year (2009)

% Full

 

 

 

 

 

05/07/10

486.97

87

486.72

85

06/07/10

486.95

87

486.71

85

07/07/10

486.92

87

486.70

85

08/07/10

486.89

86

486.69

85

09/07/10

486.86

86

486.68

85

10/07/10

486.85

86

486.67

84

11/07/10

486.82

86

486.66

84

 

 

 



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