Manantali Dam

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Manantali Dam
Manantali Dam, 2001.
Impounds	Bafing River
Creates	Lake Manantali
Locale	Kayes Region, Mali
Maintained by	Organization for the Development of the Senegal River
Construction began	1988
Opening date	1989
Geographical Data
Coordinates	14°21′0″N 11°20′30″W / 14.35, -11.34167Coordinates: 14°21′0″N 11°20′30″W / 14.35, -11.34167

The Manantali Dam is a hydroelectric dam on the Bafing river, 90 km to the south-east of Bafoulabé, in Mali's Kayes Region.

It is managed by the Organization for the Development of the Senegal River (l’Organisation pour la mise en valeur du fleuve Sénégal, or OMVS). The dam irrigates 2,550 square kilometres of land and maintains the navigability of the Senegal River between Saint-Louis, Senegal and Ambidédi, Mali.

Construction on the dam began in 1988, but a World Bank loan was required before the turbines could be installed; the dam provided its first megawatt of electricity in 2001. The dam has proved controversial for its displacement of local villages from the flooded area, and its health and environmental impacts. For more information see, worldbank project description,^[1] a 1999 case study of project published on the International Rivers Network,^[2] and a 2000 general impact assessment of sustainable develoment with a focus on the Manantali Dam Project from the World Bank.^[3]

[edit] References

• William R. Jobin (1999). Dams and Disease: Ecological Design and Health Impacts of Large Dams, Canals, and Irrigation Systems. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 0419223606.