Extreme rainfall and the Turkwel Gorge Dam in Kenya: Understanding risks and management priorities

This brief discusses how understanding rainfall variability can provide lessons for managing dams in drylands to improve water security

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Published: 24 December 2021

• Country: Kenya
• Document Type: Briefing
• Theme: Water and Sanitation
• First published: 1 November 2020
• Authors: Munday, C, Dyer, E, Hope, R, Olago, D and Hirpa, F

Abstract

This brief discusses how understanding rainfall variability can provide lessons for managing dams in drylands to improve water security for energy, agriculture, environmental and human needs.

This work is part of the 바카라 사이트˜REACH Improving Water Security for the Poor바카라 사이트™ programme

Citation

Callum Munday, Ellen Dyer, Rob Hope, Daniel Olago, Feyera Hirpa (2020) Extreme rainfall and the Turkwel Gorge Dam in Kenya: Understanding risks and management priorities. REACH policy brief

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Published 24 December 2021