The Volta River Authority (VRA) has explained that the Akosombo Dam is currently receiving over 200 percent more water around this time of the year in October than what was experienced in previous years.
The amount of water coming into the dam “is so great” and this means the water spillage from the Akosombo Dam will continue.
“If we have two days of continuous rainfall, the dam could break”, Edward Ekow Obeng-Kenzo, Deputy Chief Executive of the VRA in charge of Engineering and Operations said on Accra-based Citi FM on Monday morning.
He explained this phenomenon of water inflow to Akosombo Dam was last experienced in 2006 and 2010.
Apart from the volumes of water coming from Burkina Faso, there is also some coming in from Togo.
Mr. Obeng-Kenzo said the trend was following the 2010 trend.
He said the VRA was currently tracking the water inflow and that if there was any unexpected volumes of flow, the spillage will continue.
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