A meteorological-hydrological forecasting system for the Blue Nile

The Nile is the most important source of water in northeast Africa and thus forms the basis of life for around 400 million people. The largest tributary is the Blue Nile in Ethiopia and Sudan. To ensure sustainable transboundary water management in these regions, the project is developing a meteorological-hydrological forecasting system that can predict variables such as precipitation, inflow, sediment transport and agricultural yields or the probability of extreme hydro-meteorological events. On this basis, adelphi and local project partners can help formulate recommendations on water management of the Blue Nile reservoir lakes and the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam with regard to the nexus of water, energy and food production. 

adelphi will accompany the development and implementation of this "Seamless Prediction System (SPS)" in close cooperation with Sudanese and Ethiopian partners from science, politics and water management by identifying the needs of local partners regarding products and communication of the prediction results. adelphi will also identify potential further users and multipliers for the SPS, including German development cooperation, for example in the context of the Nile Basin Initiative.