Rashin ruwa na Kpong

Dam din Kpong, wanda aka fi sani da Dam din Akuse, madatsar ruwa ce da ke samar da wutar lantarki a kan ƙananan Kogin Volta kusa da Akuse a Ghana . Hukumar Kogin Volta ce ke mallakarta kuma tana sarrafa ta. An gina shi tsakanin 1977 da 1982. Tashar wutar lantarki tana da ƙarfin 148 megawatts (198,000 hp) tare da dukkan raka'a huɗu da ke gudana, kodayake jimlar ƙarfin sunan shine 160 megawatts (210,000 hp) . Aikin yana ba da wutar lantarki daga madatsar ruwan Akosombo, don narkewar Aluminium a VALCO a Tema. Aikin yana da nisan kilomita 24 (15 daga kogin Akosombo Dam, kuma yana da nimanin kilomita 80 (50 daga birnin Accra. Saboda magudanar ruwa da ke saman dam din ba ta da yawa, kamfanin yana aiki ne a matsayin aikin " gudu-da-kogi ", tare da sarrafa magudanar ruwa a Akosombo. Shugaban zane na ruwa a shuka shine 11.75 metres (38.5 ft) ; ƙananan kai yana buƙatar amfani da manyan injin turbin da ba a saba gani ba don ƙimar ƙarfinsu, tare da diamita na mai tsere Francis na 8.2 metres (27 ft) . Gidan wutar lantarki yana da 148 metres (486 ft) tsayi, 40 metres (130 ft) fadi da 64 metres (210 ft) . Babban madatsar ruwa an yi shi ne da ƙasa mai cike da dutse yana fuskantar 18 metres (59 ft) tsayi da 240 metres (790 ft) dogon. Dikes akan bankunan sun kai 2,100 and 3,500 metres (6,900 and 11,500 ft) dogon. Hanyar da za ta zubar yana da ƙarfin ƙira na 20,000 cubic metres per second (710,000 cu ft/s) kuma yana da 15 Ƙofofin radial, kowane 11 metres (36 ft) fadi da 13.5 metres (44 ft) tsayi, tare da jimlar tsayin 280 metres (920 ft) . Dan kwangilar farar hula na aikin shine Impregilo na Italiya . Sauran sassan aikin sun hada da 161 kV mai sauyawa da layukan watsa labarai, kauyuka hudu da aka gina don tsugunar da mutanen da aikin ya raba da muhallansu, da gina hanyoyi. Baya ga samar da wutar lantarki, aikin yana samar da ruwan ban ruwa don noma, da kuma samar da ruwa na gari. Bilharzia haɗari ne na lafiya a yankin wanda ya karu tun lokacin da aka gina madatsar ruwan. Dubi kuma Jerin tashoshin wutar lantarki a Ghana Sashin wutar lantarki a Ghana Manazarta