No danger of overflow for now - KENGEN

Nov 15, 2023 - 13:20

Engineer Tarus (left) looking at how Masinga is filling up when he took journalists on a tour of the dam and Masinga Power Station yesterday.

Embu,

Wednesday, November 15, 2023

KNA by Steve Gatheru

The Kenya Energy Generating Company (KENGEN) has assured residents of the Lower Tana that the Seven Forks dams are not likely to fill up and spill any time soon.

As such residents of the lower regions that have recently experienced flooding due to heavy rains in North Eastern region need not be worried that spillovers from the dams will aggravate the flooding downstream.

KENGEN 's acting Generation Engineer for Eastern Region Isaac Tarus said the largest of the dams, Masinga, was filling up at the rate of 200 cubic meters a second and that if the rains continue as they have been well into next year then they do not expect the dam to fill until April next year.

Tarus, who was accompanied by the Head of Corporate Communications Frank Ochieng said they are stepping up hydropower generation now that water levels have increased following the current rains.

Tarus added that the water levels at Masinga are already at five meters above the minimum operating level of 1037 meters above sea level.

Courtesy; KNA