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Zero Flow at the Park Headquarter is expected early in the year around mid-August 2022 The zero flow period at the Ruaha Park HQ will be probably be a long zero flow period starting already early in the Ruaha low flow season.
Analysis of the flow status at Msembe Bridge through comparison with earlier low flow series (2018) predicts the first zero flow between 7 to 17 days from today (August 6, 2022)
The Flow Status in the Ruaha River on August 6, 2022. The River has less discharge than on October 21, 2018 (image below) at 17 days before zero flow at the Msembe Bridge on November 7, 2018. (click to enlarge)The flow status on October 21, 2018, seventeen days before zero flow at the Msembe Bridge (Ruaha Park HQ). (click to enlarge)The Flow Status in 3m resolution (PlanetScope) on October 22, 2018. Comparable with the current flow status early August 2022. Which means that the river will dry 2 months earlier than in 2018 at the Park HQ. In 2018 the length of the zero flow period was approximately one month (RS).
Alert 3 starts from July 30, 2022 drainage less than 8 cumecs at Nyaluhanga
Alert 3 Drainage Flow drops under approximately 8 cumecs on July 30, 2022
Alerts one and two 2022
Second Alert defined as the first day of zero flow in the Ruaha River at Mtera is assessed between July 12 and July 17 2021. This last date is selected for Alert Two. Check below the flow status on respectively July 17, 2022 (Alert Two) and on July 12, 2022 as the flow nears zero flow.
Zero Flow in the Ruaha River before it is supplied with water from the little Ruaha at the confluence in Mtera on July 17, 2022 (click to enlarge)Near Zero Flow in the Ruaha Section before it meets the Little Ruaha at Mtera on July 12, 2021
The First Alert for the Rufiji Basin Water Office to start following the water use in Kapunga and Ifushiro is announced on June 12, 2022
The Flow Status 2.25km (as the bird flies) upstream of the early zero flow section of the Ruaha River at Mtera one month before the occurrence (Alert One) on June 17, 2022 (click to enlarge). Compare with the 2021 Alert Image on July 17, 2021 below. Alert One flow status in the Ruaha River at Mtera on July 17, 2021 for comparison with the 2022 Alert 1 status
