Following the completion of the first phase of dredging works in the Sissili River, one of the tributaries of the White Volta River, the Water Resources Commission (WRC) under the Ministry of Water Resources have further requested the dredging of the Main White Volta River and the Sissili River under the MAJOR TRIBUTARIES AND MAIN WHITE VOLTA DREDGING PROJECT.
Further to that, the government tasked an inter-ministerial committee consisting of the Ministers for Food and Agriculture; Works and Housing; Water Resources; and Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation to develop and implement a short-term plan to mitigate the impact of perennial flooding in the White Volta Basin exacerbated by the spillage of the Bagre Dam.
This dredging activity is aimed at further improving the flow of water within the rivers and to prevent the overflowing of the river bank leading to the flooding of neighbouring farmlands and communities. The extension of this dredging works was necessitated upon a site inspection where it was realized that the tributaries further downstream and the main White Volta were heavily built up with silt and vegetative growth resulting in the narrowing of the channel and loss of capacity.
This has contributed significantly to the flooding of neighbouring farmlands during the wet season and the spillage of the Bagre Dam. In order to fix this challenge, there is a need to dredge the tributaries and main White Volta River to deepen and widen to allow for ease of flow to reduce and ultimately prevent overflowing of the river banks as a result of high rainfall levels and spillage of the Bagre Dam upstream.
The plan is to primarily dredge the confluence of the major tributaries of the White Volta (Sissili, Kulpawn, Nasia and Nabogo) and the main White Volta River, and to also introduce and provide farmers with early maturing crops to enable cropping and harvesting produce before the annual flooding.
Further to that, the government tasked an inter-ministerial committee consisting of the Ministers for Food and Agriculture; Works and Housing; Water Resources; and Environment, Science, Technology and Innovation to develop and implement a short-term plan to mitigate the impact of perennial flooding in the White Volta Basin exacerbated by the spillage of the Bagre Dam.
This dredging activity is aimed at further improving the flow of water within the rivers and to prevent the overflowing of the river bank leading to the flooding of neighbouring farmlands and communities. The extension of this dredging works was necessitated upon a site inspection where it was realized that the tributaries further downstream and the main White Volta were heavily built up with silt and vegetative growth resulting in the narrowing of the channel and loss of capacity.
This has contributed significantly to the flooding of neighbouring farmlands during the wet season and the spillage of the Bagre Dam. In order to fix this challenge, there is a need to dredge the tributaries and main White Volta River to deepen and widen to allow for ease of flow to reduce and ultimately prevent overflowing of the river banks as a result of high rainfall levels and spillage of the Bagre Dam upstream.
The plan is to primarily dredge the confluence of the major tributaries of the White Volta (Sissili, Kulpawn, Nasia and Nabogo) and the main White Volta River, and to also introduce and provide farmers with early maturing crops to enable cropping and harvesting produce before the annual flooding.




