About 60% of global freshwater flows cross national boundaries and almost 50% of the globe’s land surface are transboundary river basins. Growing population and water demand in combination with climate change pose a risk of resource depletion leading to competition and conflicts between riparian countries. Transboundary water management is therefore one of the mounting issues […]
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Annual Mekong Flood Report 2017 published
The Annual Mekong Flood Report for 2017 has been published on the website of the Mekong River Commission (MRC). You can download it here. This publication is the 13th in a sequence of Annual Mekong Flood Reports by the MRC. The report argues that from the hydrological viewpoint, the year 2017 was rather normal without […]
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Dr. Hubert Lohr joins the GIZ project Transboundary Water Cooperation in the Lower Mekong Basin as key hydrology expert. ICEM (International Centre for Environmental Management) will carry out this project, which, after Georgia/Azerbaijan, Eastern Nile and Equatorial Nile, is another building block in transboundary water management in which experts from SYDRO are involved in.
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After three years of research, the project TASK, funded by the German Federal Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety, is now ready for operational use. Reservoir operators and all those who are in need of seasonal forecasts for foresighted water management can now apply TASK in order to detect drought situations as early […]
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Our colleagues from HYDROC have successfully implemented real-time simulations of rainfall-runoff and streamflow in South Sudan waterways using Talsim-NG as a model. It uses near real-time precipitation data from the Global Forecasting System GFS and with 546 modeled river reaches with a total length of 2700 km, covers a large part of the Baro-Akobo-Sobat river […]
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Quarks, the science show of the German WDR television channel, is showing two episodes dealing with drought and dams. The German dams for which SYDRO has been developing the operating rules for the past 20 years are also showcased. Dr. Hubert Lohr was active as an advisor for the WDR during the preparations for these […]
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We support the young people of Fridays for Future and the Global Climate Strike Sept. 20-27. Environmental and climate aspects, in particular in regard to water resources, always play a significant role in our projects.
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Dr. Hubert Lohr from SYDRO took part in the Regional Consultation Meeting on the Annual Mekong Flood Report 2017 held in Vientiane, Lao PDR, on September 6, 2019. The first meeting in May was held by Dr. Jens Kiesel. As in previous years, the Mekong River Commission (MRC) engaged Dr. Hubert Lohr as International Consultant […]
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The project on Development Scenarios for Coordinated Operation of Cascade of Dams (see also previous post) was originally conceived only for the Eastern Nile. In the course of the project, the scope was expanded to the Equatorial Lake System as coordination regarding water storage and operation is an issue in the Lake Victoria region as […]
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SYDRO Consult GmbH is committed to supporting young academics. In this regard, this year’s DAWAKO 2018 was a success on multiple fronts!
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