Selingue Dam

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Selingue Dam
Local people on the shore of Lake Sélingue.
Impounds	Sankarani River
Creates	Lake Sélingué
Locale	Koulikoro Region, Mali
Maintained by	Office of Rural Development of Sélingué
Construction began	1979
Opening date	1982
Geographical Data
Coordinates	11°37′0″N 8°13′60″W / 11.61667, -8.23333

The Selingue Dam is a single purpose hydroelectric dam located in the Koulikoro Region, on the Sankarani River, one of the affluents of the Niger River. It is the second most important center of energy production of Mali.

Its construction, at the cost of 140 million US dollars, was financed by several backers.

Of a total power of 44 megawatts, the dam has an energy output of 200 million kilowatt-hours per year. The dam provides Bamako, Kati, Koulikoro, Ségou, Fana, Dioïla, Yanfolila and Kalana with electricity. It was brought into service in 1980, and renovated between 1996 and 2001.

Its retaining basin forms the 409 km² artificial Lake Sélingué, which allows agriculture on the irrigated perimeters, managed by the Office of Rural Development of Sélingué, as well as fishing (fish available in Bamako comes mainly from Lake Selingue).^[1]

[edit] References

• FAO report on Selingue dam
• Selingue Dam in the Structurae database
• aochycos.ird.ne: Pages spéciales SELINGUE. Direction Nationale de l'Hydraulique et de l'Energie du MALI / Observatoire Hydrologique Régional de l'Afrique de l'Ouest et Centrale.
• REVERSING LAND AND WATER DEGRADATION TRENDS IN THE NIGER RIVER BASIN. World Bank, 2003.
• Raymond Laë. Effect of Drought, Dams and Fishing Pressure on the Fisheries of the Central Delta on the Niger River. International Journal of Ecology and Environmental Sciences 20 119-128,1994.