Challawa Gorge Dam

The dam is owned and operated by the Hadejia-Jama’are River Basin Development Authority, a Federal agency.However, power would cost considerably more to deliver than current retail prices, and it is not clear how a project to install the generating equipment would be financed.Silt is also being deposited in the Challawa River, affecting the intake structures of Kano City Water Supply.Amongst other competing uses of the dam is water supply to Kano city, informal irrigation at the river banks, recreation etc.[2] Several studies have shown that these dams have delivered negative economic value when their effect on downstream communities was taken into account.
Catchment area of the Yobe River
The Challawa Gorge Reservoir from space
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