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Bulletin 1 | 2 August 2021

The new 2021-2022 flood season has begun and from now onwards OPIDIN offers weekly bulletins until the water level in Mopti has reached its peak level. Most likely the flood level this year will not be extremely high, but moderate.

Bulletin 13 | 3 November 2020

This is the last OPIDIN bulletin of 2020. The flood at Mopti has reached its highest level (670 cm) on 26 October and remained on that level for eight days and has started to decline on 2 November. The flood is this year exactly the same as in 2018, one of the highest floods in recent years. OPIDIN predicts that the south-western part of the Inner Niger Delta may become available for grazing cattle in December.

Bulletin 12 | 26 October 2020

The water level in Mopti has increased another 7 cm last week to 670 cm on 26 October. OPIDIN predicts that it will still increase by another 5 cm or more untill late October or even early November. The predicted peak in Mopti will this year be 675 – 681 cm, thus higher than in 2018. Local people must be aware that the flood will reach a level they have not seen since 1969, 51 years ago.

Bulletin 11 | 19 October 2020

The predicted peak will this year be 667 – 673 cm in Mopti, thus about as high as in 2018. The peak in Mopti will be reached in late October and the flood will be at its maximum in Akka early December.

Bulletin 10 | 15 October 2020

The water level in Mopti has increased to 657 cm on 12 October. OPIDIN predicts that the flood level will reach its peak in Mopti may-be already next week and the peak water level will be higher than 2016 but possible not higher than 2018.

Bulletin 9 | 5 Octobre 2020

The water level in Mopti has increased to 650 cm on 5 October. That is the highest water level measured on this date since 1969 and thus even higher than the water level measured on this date in two years with an extremely high flood, namely 2016 and 2018.

Bulletin 8 | 29 September 2020

The water level in Mopti has increased to 640 cm on 28 September. The peak flood level in Mopti will likely be about 680 cm and thus still rise the coming weeks 40 cm. The flood will most likely be about as high as, and possibly even higher than, 2018.

Bulletin 7 | 23 September 2020

The flood prediction of OPIDIN has not changed the last five weeks. The peak flood level in Mopti will likely be between 670 and 680 cm and thus still rise the coming weeks. The flood will most likely be about as high as 2018 and (much) higher than all other recent years.

Bulletin 6 | 14 September 2020

The flood prediction of OPIDIN shows that the flood will most likely be about as high as 2018 and (much) higher than all other recent years.

Bulletin 5 | 7 September 2020

The water level in Mopti has increased to 592 cm on 7 September. That is high in comparison to all water levels measured on this date in the last fifty years, but it is still 18 and 13 cm below the water level measured on this date in two years with an extremely high flood, namely 2016 and 2018.

Bulletin 4 | 31 August 2020

The water level in Mopti has increased to 567 cm on 31 August. That is high in comparison to all water levels measured on this date in the last fifty years, but it is still 23 and 13 cm below the water level measured on this date in two years with an extremely high flood, namely 2016 and 2018.

Bulletin 3 | 21 August 2020

The water level in Mopti has increased to 502 cm on 21 August. That is high in comparison to all water levels measured on this date in the last fifty years. The flood prediction is still uncertain and may vary depending on the amount of rainfall the coming weeks. It is already obvious, however, it will be this year an above-average flood, being as high as in 2012 and probably even as high as in 2016 and 2018.

Bulletin 2 | 10 August 2020

The water level in Mopti has increased to 432 cm on 10 August. That is high in comparison to all water levels measured on this date in the last fifty years, but it still 40 cm below the water level measured on this date in two years with an extremely high flood, namely 2016 and 2018. This is a first indication that 2020 will be a year with a flood being above average, but not as high as in 2016 and 2018.

Bulletin 1 | 3 August 2020

The new 2020-2021 flood season has begun and from now onwards OPIDIN offers weekly bulletins until the water level in Mopti has reached its peak level. Due to the high rainfall in the basin, a high flood is expected.

Bulletin 12 | 1 November 2019

This is the last OPIDIN bulletin of 2019. The flood at Mopti has reached its highest level (640 cm) on 26 October and has started to decline, but further downstream the water still goes up. OPIDIN predicts that the flood will reach its peak between 18 and 22 November in Akka and between 27 November and 5 December in Diré.

Bulletin 11 | 15 October 2019

The flood level in Mopti nearly reached its peak. Based on the information available on 15 October, OPIDIN predicts that the flood of 2019 will be above average compared to the floods of the last 25 years, and not as high as last year.

Bulletin 10 | 8 October 2019

The flood level in Mopti nearly reached its peak. Based on the information available on 7 October, OPIDIN predicts that the flood of 2019 will be above average compared to the floods of the last 25 years, and not as high as last year. The prediction of the flood level is now rather certain.

Bulletin 09 | 30 September 2019

Based on the information available on 30 September, OPIDIN predicts that the flood of 2019 about as high as in 2007-2010, but not as high as in 2016 and 2018.

Bulletin | 24 September 2019

Based on the information available on 24 September, OPIDIN predicts that the flood of 2019 will be relatively high compared to the floods of the last 25 years. The prediction of the flood level is now rather certain.

Bulletin | 10 September 2019

Based on the information available on 10 September, OPIDIN predicts that the flood of 2019 will be relatively high compared to the floods of the last 25 years. The prediction of the flood level is now rather certain.

Bulletin | 3 September 2019

Based on the information available on 3 September, OPIDIN predicts that the flood of 2019 will be relatively high compared to the floods of the last 25 years. The prediction of the flood level is rather certain, but may still change a bit depending on the rainfall in the Upper Niger during the coming fortnight.

Bulletin | 27 August 2019

Based on the information available on 27 August, OPIDIN predicts that the flood of 2019 will be relatively high compared to the floods of the last 25 years. The prediction of the flood level is rather certain, but may still change a bit depending on the rainfall in the Upper Niger during the coming fortnight.

Bulletin 3 | 20 August 2019

Based on the information available on 20 August, OPIDIN predicts that the flood of 2019 will be relatively high compared to the floods of the last 25 years. The prediction of the flood level is still not certain, however, depending on the rainfall in the Upper Niger during the coming fortnight.

Bulletin 14 August 2019

Based on the information available on 14 August, OPIDIN predicts that the flood of 2019 will be probably as high as most years since 1994. The prediction of the flood level is still uncertain, however, depending on the rainfall in the Upper Niger during the coming weeks.

Bulletin 1 | 6 August 2019

The new 2019-2020 flood season has begun and OPIDIN now offers weekly bulletins until the water level in Mopti has reached its peak level. Based on the information available on 6 August, OPIDIN predicts that the flood of 2019 will be probably low compared to the peak flood levels during the last 25 years.

SUMMARY MEETING No. 2019-07 of the Water Management Commission of the Sélingué Retention and the Markala Dam

On Wednesday, July 3, 2019 from 10 am and following the notice of meeting No. 00057 / DNH of July 1, 2019, was held in the meeting room of the National Directorate of Hydraulics, the seventh ordinary meeting of the Water Management Commission of the Sélingué reservoir and the Markala dam for the year 2019, under the chairmanship of Mr. Boubacar SANOGO, Head of Strategy Development and Program Monitoring Division at the National Directorate of 'Hydraulic.

OPIDIN Workshop 13-19 November 2018 at A&W

In the framework of the BAMGIRE programme an workshop on OPIDIN was organised at Altenburg & Wymenga, based in The Netherlands, from 12 to 16 November 2018, targeted at the transfer of the tool to la Direction Nationale de l'Hydraulique du Mali.

OPIDIN workshop 12-16 November 2018 by A&W

As part of the BAMGIRE program, a training workshop on OPIDIN was organized in Altenburg & Wymenga, the Netherlands, from November 12 to 16, 2018, for transfer to the National Directorate of Hydraulics of Mali.

Bulletin 13 | 31 October 2018 - last bulletin

This is the last bulletin of the flooding season. The height of the flood is exceptionally high this year. The water level in Mopti has reached its maximum of 670 cm on the 25th of October.

Bulletin 12| 24 October 2018

The height of the flood is exceptionally high this year. The water level in Mopti on the 24th October was 670 cm, the highest level since 1969. The water level in Mopti showed still a small increase last week. The water level in Mopti is now 119 cm higher than the peak last year (551 cm, reached on 22 September). Based on the information available on 24th October, OPIDIN predicts a peak which is higher than 2016. It is expected that the peak is nearly reached now as the flood peak passed Bamako already.