Senegal River remains below alert thresholds
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Seneweb
Water levels in the Senegal River remain below alert thresholds at Bakel, Matam, Podor and Saint-Louis, while the river continues to recede upstream. The Manantali Dam reservoir is at 208.15 metres, with an estimated discharge of 693 m³/s, according to the Saint-Louis Water Resources Brigade bulletin.
Levels of the Senegal River remain below alert thresholds at Bakel, Matam and Podor, according to a bulletin published on Friday 23 October by the Saint-Louis Water Resources Brigade. The river continues to recede in several upstream areas, while slight rises have been recorded downstream, with no major risk reported at this stage.
At Bakel, the river stands at 6.82 metres, down 23 centimetres in 24 hours and well below the alert threshold of 10 metres. At Matam, it is at 6.50 metres after falling by six centimetres, below the alert level of eight metres. At Podor, the level is 4.40 metres, up three centimetres over one day.
The Manantali Dam reservoir is measured at 208.15 metres, compared with 208.14 metres at the same time in 2025. Its discharge is estimated at 693 cubic metres per second. On the Falémé at Kidira, the water level fell by 16 centimetres in 24 hours to 3.18 metres; at Oualia, on the Bakoye, it dropped by 22 centimetres to 2.80 metres.
The monitoring follows reports of rain and heat in the region in October, including rain forecast in four Senegalese locations published on 9 October.
