SADC-HYCOS - PHASE II PROJECT PROGRESS REPORT

SADC-HYCOS - PHASE II PROJECT PROGRESS REPORT

Structure of the Presentation WHYCOS Components Distribution of SADC-HYCOS Phase I & II stations Progress to date Status of Trnsmission stations per country Project Implementation Challenges Project Sustainability- Recommendations of the last PSC Meeting Project Sustainability-Country Contributions

WHYCOS components

Distribution of SADC-HYCOS Phase I & II P stations as Basin

Distribution of SADC-HYCOS Phase II DCP stations according to the Network Design Report as per country excluding South Africa stations).

Implementation Progress to date SADCHYCOS PHASE HYDSTRA DATABASE DCP EQUIPMENT HYDSTRA DATABASE POST SADCHYCOS PHASE HYDSTRA DATABASE DCP EQUIPMENT COUNTRY Installation& Training Installation& Training Rehabilitation of Ph1 stns Installation& Training Further Training Installation& Training ANGOLA (own initiative) BOTSWANA (ORASECOM) D.R. CONGO LESOTHO (ORASECOM) MALAWI (own initiative) MAURITIUS MOZAMBIQUE (WWF) (WWF) NAMIBIA SWAZILAND (ORASECOM) (own initiative) TANZANIA ZAMBIA (WWF) (WWF) (WWF) ZIMBABWE (WWF) (own initiative)

60 50 40 30 20 10 0 SADC STREAM FLOW GAUGING STATIONS: SEPT 2013 54 39 14 8 7 8 6 1 1 0 1 9 6 3 2 0 8 9 2 1 13 4 No. of Stations Angola Botswana Lesotho Malawi Mozambique Namibia South Africa Swaziland Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe Status of stations per country (1) Total Stations Transmitting Stations

Status of stations per country (2) No stations has been installed in Madagascar and Seychelles Two stations were installed in Mauritius and doesn t transmit data to PRC Station which shows no data or few transmitting does not necessarily mean that the non-transmitting stations are not collecting or storing data. In most cases data is being logged into the loggers but cannot be transmitted due to vandalism or damages to the transmission units (solar panel, antennae, GPS etc). An effort must be made to verify this and liaise with the member states, so that after going to the stations & download the data, they can also send the data to PRC for updating the Regional database.

Project Implementation Challenges (1) Most stations only measure water level which is insufficient for flood management and development of hydrological products. Destruction of stations by floods Data transmission protocols are unsuitable for developing countries Impacting on data validation, data exchange Difficulties being faced by MS in paying HYDSTRA licence fees to the Australian company Kisters, due to treasury regulations in raising the required foreign currency.

Project Implementation Challenges (2) The non availability and/or limited stock of spare parts on the local market. Dependence on external expertise for station maintenance due to lack of internal capacity. Lack of capital to replace the outdated Phase I DCPs High incidences of vandalism at stations

Project Implementation Challenges (3) Draw box vandalised and cable removed Recorder huts vandalised and instrumentation removed

Project Implementation Challenges (4) Funding of outstanding activities and starting activities and PH3 implementation Dependence on external expertise for station maintenance due to lack of internal capacity. Lack of capital to replace the outdated Phase I DCPs.

New Initiative in the SADC linked to HYCOS Integration of SADC HYCOS and DRR Integration of SADCHYCOS with SARFFGS Disintegration of HYCOS into RBO efficiency and accountability

Conclusion The project has achieved the following the:- importance of new technology Sharing the data for management of hydrological extremes Training conducted expected train the trainer programme Commitment by Ministers of Water high political level SADC Secretariat Pivotal role Political will Recognition of the RBO is importance to ensure sustainability

Transmission system RSA situation Alternative solution used by RSA systems and performances (1) From the status report on transmission, RSA us at 70 % because of using different system than Meteosat which is prone to vandalismlarge infrastructure Ubuntu, 4 water and east Coast use GCM systems data is own by company and we get it from their server at coast Tarrifs are escalating at alarming rate

RSA systems and performances (2)