Water level in storage reservoir likely to drop further
SURINAME – Given the current situation, it is highly likely that the water level in the Afobakka storage reservoir will drop frequently to alarming levels and with shorter intervals and this will in turn have a huge impact on the energy production. If no investments are made in professional water management, the storage reservoir could eventually run dry. Inefficiency and inadequate water management will not only affect the energy sector but also everything else that is dependent on it and also the farmfields. “We are stuck in climate change,” said Sewnath Naipal, professor in the Hydrology, told Times of Suriname…[+]