HYDROLOGY DIVISION

The Hydrology Division under the department of Water Resources which was established by the 1979 Water Resources Council Act and mandated to ensure water resources assessment, monitoring and management.

The division is task with the collection, analysis and archiving of the hydrology and hydrogeological data for human uses. In fulfilling these task, the division embarks on the following major activities; Discharge measurement, Water level measurement, Salinity flow measurement, Groundwater Assessment, Water Resources Planning for sustainable socio-economic development.

Recent Developments

The Gambia has recently witnessed tremendous improvement in its hydrogeological monitoring network after a decade or so long dysfunctional network. The support came from The Government of The Gambia, African Water Facility (AWF) under African Development Bank (AfDB) in a project called the National Water Sector Reform Project (NWSRP). The project was launched in June 2011 and it should phase out in September, 2015.

The main objective of the project was to help the Government establish the Integrated Water Resource Management (IWRM) in line with the National Water Policy and the IWRM road map.

The project support was in the form of rehabilitation and construction of the hydrogeological network infrastructure and provision of data acquisition devices/equipment etc.

The Hydrological Network for data collection

1. Surface water stations(water level, discharge and salinity)