Project Descriptors: Dam, Hydropower

The Manantali Dam was built in 1986 in order to provide fresh water for agriculture and municipal uses, and eventually to produce hydroelectric power for the region. The Manantali Dam was put on line in 2002 and is now supplying the three basin countries(Mali, Mauritania and Senegal) with 547 gwh/yr.^[1]

^ Product of the Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database, Department of Geosciences, Oregon State University. Additional information about the TFDD can be found at:http://www.transboundarywaters.orst.edu/research/case_studies/OMVS_New.htm

External Links

Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database (TFDD) (2012). Oregon State University. Senegal River Case Study — The Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database (TFDD) This website is used to aid in the assessment of the process of water conflict prevention and resolution. Over the years we have developed this Transboundary Freshwater Dispute Database, a project of the Oregon State University Department of Geosciences, in collaboration with the Northwest Alliance for Computational Science and Engineering.