White Volta Water Retention: Thesis on the Impact of Constructing Multiple Small Dams on Floods and Sedimentation in Northern Ghana

Human interventions in the White Volta River in Ghana increase the flood risk in living spaces of the local communities, causing great challenges in the area. Burkina Faso has built a hydropower dam near the border with Ghana which has a large impact on the discharge extremes of the White Volta River. As a result of poor water management of this...