The rise in water levels continued during the month of September in all compartments of the Niger basin with some flooding situations causing some casualties in the Middle and Lower Niger sub-basins.
The filling of the Selingué reservoir in Mali and the Kainji reservoir in Nigeria is in gradual continuation.
The data used for the various analyses below came from hydrological observation networks of the National Hydrological Services and Dam Authorities of nine (9) member countries of Niger Basin Authority. (NBA)
The flow analysis situation was carried out by dividing the basin into three (4) sub-catchments also represented with reference gauging stations as follows: Upper Niger at Koulikoro (Mali), Inland Delta at Dire (Mali), Middle Niger at Niamey (Niger) and Lower Niger at Lokoja (Nigeria)

At the Sélingué dam in Mali, the maximum water level of 348.19 m corresponding to a volume of 1.99 billion m3 was recorded on the 30th of September 2024 while the minimum level of 345.27 m corresponding to a volume of 1.03 billion m3 was recorded on the 1st of September 2024.
The volume of reservoir as at 30th of September 2024 was 1.99 billion m3 corresponds to a filling rate of 85.13% of the normal capacity.
This volume (1.99 billion m3) is lower than the year 2023 (2.02 billion m3), the inter-annual mean (2.05 billion m3) but higher than the year 2022 (1.94 billion m3) during the same period

Download the September 2024 Monthly Bulletin