Abutment stability analyses and design solutions for tekeze dam. Based on similar calculations for tekeze dam, a fisherman works actively for six days in a week and sell fish 90 etb per kg. Mekelle business college and mekelle university college, by the federal democratic. Ethiopian latest videos only on find and download any mp3 and videos from. Tekeze dam tekeze dam is a doublecurvature arch dam located on the border of amhara and tigray region of ethiopia. Upon completion at the end of february 2009, the tekeze concrete arch dam in ethiopia became the highest dam on the african continent. The tekeze hydropower dam is the tallest arch dam in africa, generating 300 mw power from a 180 m dam height. It has been written for engineers and owners engaged in the planning, design.
Vag valves, tekeze dam, dams, hydropower, vag kss hollow jet discharge valve created date. The reservoir is built on the tekeze river which is a tributary of the nile. Fish species diversity in major river basins of ethiopia. Nov 28, 2009 ethiopias tekeze dam fiasco by other news sources on november 28, 2009 1 comment november 28, 2009 the recently completed tekeze hydroelectric dam in ethiopia is said to be the largest public works project in africa. Additionally, four more projects gibe iii, ashegoda expansion, adama ii and the grand ethiopian renaissance dam are under construction. Dams handwritten notes 2017 pdf free download medicforyou. Given that malaria is an environmental disease and spatial phenomenon, the application of gis based spatial multicriteria evaluation technique smcet are essential to the malaria hazardrisk management process. Tekeze dam is a hydroelectric dam on the tekeze river, a tributary of the nile that flows through one of the deepest gorges in the world and is 608 km long 19. The study was conducted in two water bodies of tigray, northern ethiopia. Overview of tekeze hydroelectric power plant general. The total monetary loss per individual in the tekeze dam was found to be 102,816 etb per year equivalent to 3672 usdyearindividual.
Ethiopias controversial dam project peter moszynski. Fish value chain and its impact on rural households income. Jul 15, 2015 the main objective of this study is to investigate the major social and economic consequences entailed by the tekeze dam on local populations inhabiting wag hemra zone. Assessment of fish postharvest losses in tekeze dam and lake. Assessment of postharvest fish losses in two selected lakes. Tekeze dam is a hydroelectric dam on the tekeze river, a tributary of the nile that flows through one of the deepest gorges in the world and is 608 km long. Guidelines for construction cost estimating for dam engineers.
Ecohydrogeological challenges on ethiopian water projects and. Pdf abutment stability analyses and design solutions for. Climate change impact on tekeze basin hydrology was studied using biascorrected ensembles of cordexafrica rcp4. It rises near lalibela, ethiopia, and flows north and then west, where it serves as part of the border between ethiopia and eritrea, to enter sudan.
The tallest dam in africa creates clean, renewable power. The power plant was designed to accommodate four 75mw units, with three of these to be. Identification and prioritization of subwatersheds for land and water management in tekeze dam watershed, northern ethiopia. And at 185 meters ten meters higher than the three gorges dam, the tekeze dam, built on a tributary of the nile, promises to bring the kinds of serious environmental and social. Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of. Identification and prioritization of subwatersheds for. Earth dam is made by compacting excavated earth obtained from a borrow area. T he dams is one of the prestigious and successful career point for mbbs students preparing to pursue postgraduation after mbbs through neet exam. Feasibility study of small hydropower schemes in giba and. Tekeze hydroelectric power plant ethiopia is located at amhara, ethiopia. The construction of water projects in the nile basin region in ethiopia has produced political tensions between egypt and ethiopia over the construction of tekeze in 2009, the tanabeles diversion in 2010, and the underconstruction grand ethiopian renaissance dam gerd that has started in april 2011. This paper aims to investigate what motivates the households to fish and assess the effect of fisheries on the households livelihood and welfare. The false description of the tekeze river as eritrean and located in eritrea is interesting.
Mekelle university in brief mekelle university situated in the town of mekelle in tigray region of northern ethiopia about 783 km north of addis ababa, the capital of ethiopia. The study was conducted to assess the levels of organochlorine oc pesticide residues in lake tekeze dam have been investigated using water, sediment and fish labeobarbusspp, clariasgariepinus and oreochromis niloticus samples as a case study to. It joins the atbara river 35 miles 55 km northwest of gedaref, sudan. The white paper provides support for responsible cost estimating for new dams and dam rehabilitation projects. Pdf identification and prioritization of subwatersheds. Ethiopias tekeze dam limps into operation probe international.
According to aforki 2006 40% of the reservoir storage capacity 3. Tekeze river, major tributary of the atbara river, itself a tributary of the nile. A structured survey consisting of 3 rural households was administered using trained enumerators in two kebeles located close to the tekeze dam, northern ethiopia. Gillnet was the most operated gear in the tekeze reservoir followed by long lines. Generally more than 200 fish species found in ethiopia. Apr 19, 2010 idiots tree felling fails with chainsaw machine tree falls on head and house duration. Pdf residues analysis of organochlorine pesticides in. Effect of land use land cover dynamics on hydrological. The results of model performance evaluation statistics for both stream flow and sediment yield shows that the model has a high potential in estimation of stream flow and sediment yield. Pdf assessment of fish postharvest losses in tekeze dam. Issn 23472677 assessment of fishery activities for enhanced. It is situated on the tekeze river, a tributary of the nile that flows through one of the deepest canyons in the world.
The study is to be conducted within one year to identify the type of dam to be constructed and estimate how much each dam will cost. Some of the hydroelectric projects include tekeze 300 mw in 2009, gibe ii 420 mw in 2010, tana beles 460 mw in 2010 and amerti nesha 97 mw in 2011. Tekeze dam is a doublecurvature arch dam located on the border of amhara and tigray region of ethiopia. Download fulltext pdf assessment of fish postharvest losses in tekeze dam and lake hashenge fishery associations. The country has large fish species diversity in its lakes, rivers and reservoirs. Malaria hazard and risk mapping using gis based spatial. The gorge canyon which it has created is the deepest in africa and one of the deepest in the world, at some points having a. This should be welcome news for overseas purchasers, as well as the many people who have asked for the book in electronic continue reading the dam book now available in pdf.
Northern ethiopia article pdf available in agriculture and food security 61. Tekeze dam watershed had experienced significant changes in the land use land cover over the 22 year interval. International journal of sociology and anthropology causes. A significant land use change has been observed in the tekeze dam catchment. Peter bosshard, policy director for international rivers, one of the groups involved in the campaign against gibe iii pdf, says that international groups.
Chinese companies are moving heavily into african dam construction, and are currently involved in merowe dam in sudan, whose 174km reservoir will displace 50,000 farmers from the fertile nile to harsh desert lands. The gorge canyon which it has created is the deepest in africa and one of the deepest in the world, at. Department is the department of environmental conservation dec. So spoke sun yue, director of the international department of the stateowned china water resources and hydropower engineering corporation sinohydro. Dam is any artificial barrier and its appurtenant works constructed for the purpose of holding water or any other fluid. Tekeze dam watershed has mean annual stream flow of 7. Guidelines for construction cost estimating for dam engineers and owners was prepared by the ussd committee on construction and rehabilitation. Soil and water assessment tool swat used to simulate streamflow and distribution mapping bias correction improves precipitation and streamflow simulations.
Ethiopia completes construction of africas tallest dam. Overview of tekeze hydroelectric power plant general the ethiopian electric power corporation constructed the tekeze hydro electric power plant as part of the countrys general development plan with the aim of expanding the electric power generation capacity. Location map of tekeze dam watershed with digital elevation model. Hydro power in ethiopia the staged construction of. Here james r stevenson and mihret debebe provide further details of the staged construction and filling sequence for the dam, while summarizing and updating the status of the power projects currently underway in the federal democratic republic of ethiopia by. Among the different types of land use, which show a large alteration are cultivated land and bare land increased by 8. The list has been separated as mbbs first year, second year, third year and fourth year. Identification and prioritization of subwatersheds for land. Nov 23, 2009 ethiopias tekeze dam limps into operation by other news sources on november 23, 2009 5 comments november 23, 2009 the vastly overbudget and longdelayed tekeze hydroelectric in ethiopia is finally finished. Pdf identification and prioritization of subwatersheds for. Even more interesting is the proposed dam site along the shared section of the river, and the design specifications that place the main irrigation canal in eritrea.
Detentionretention basin is any structure that functions as a dam. Jul 08, 20 as of today, you can now purchase the dam book, 2nd edition as a pdf file for digital download. In tekeze reservoir there were 2291 legal fishermen from four districts of amhara region and one district from tigray region, 608 boats and two different types of fishing gears were identified. Dec 10, 2019 the study was conducted in the amhara region in northern ethiopia within the surrounding of tekeze humanmade reservoir and lake hayq. Tekeze haydro power project, mekelle, tigray, ethiopia. Tekeze dam is for ethiopia what three gorges is for china.
Abstract land use change is a very important issue considering global dynamics and their response to hydrologic characteristics of soil and water management in a catchment. Tekeze bain development corridor tbdc is a major river basin that has malaria problems in ethiopia. For part of its course it forms a section the westernmost border of ethiopia and eritrea. The watershed covers a total surface area of 29,404 km 2. This is the same version published by oreilly in 2009, with a new cover.
Assessment of fish postharvest losses in tekeze dam and. To achieve this objective, the study primarily used qualitative techniques of data collection. Feasibility study of small hydropower schemes in giba and worie subbasins of tekeze river, ethiopia niguse abebe department of water resources and irrigation engineering, aksum university, ethiopia email of the corresponding author. The first unit was commissioned in 2009 and the last in 2009. This infrastructure is of type hydro power plant with a design capacity of 300 mwe. The main objective of this study was to estimate the potential impacts of the land use land cover lulc dynamics on hydrological response stream. By tapping into the significant energy generation potential of the countrys tekeze river, eepco had a solutiona way to increase power stability and provide access to light, heat, and water. It is established as university in may 2000 by mergring two former colleges i. Ang yuta palibot sa tekeze dam kay kasagaran kabungtoran, apan sa habagatangsidlakan nga kini mao ang patag. Nahimutang ni sa amihanang bahin sa nasod, 500 km sa amihanan sa addis ababa ang ulohan sa nasod. The fresh water fish fauna of ethiopia contains a mixture of nilo sudanic, east african and endemic forms. The major part of the tekeze dam watershed is in the amhara regional state and a small part is in tigray regional state. Climate change impact on the hydrology of tekeze basin.