Improving Hydrometric Systems Institutional and Training Assessment for Hydrological Monitoring
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IMPROVING HYDROMETRIC SYSTEMS INSTITUTIONAL AND TRAINING ASSESSMENT FOR HYDROLOGICAL MONITORING February 2005 This publication was produced for review by the Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM) and the United States Agency for International Development. It was prepared by ARD, Inc. Private Bag 351 Unit # 469 Gaborone, Botswana. The information provided in this report is not official U.S Government information and does not represent the views or positions of the U.S. Agency for International Development or the U.S. Government. TABLE OF CONTENTS ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ........................................................................................................ 4 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ............................................................................................................................... 2 1.0 BACKGROUND ............................................................................................................................... 7 1.1 PURPOSE ..................................................................................................................................................................................7 1.2 APPROACH AND METHODOLOGY ........................................................................................................................................8 1.3 PRINCIPLES OF HYDROLOGIC MONITORING AND RATIONALE FOR SUPPORT.................................................................8 2.0 RELEVANT REGIONAL AND NATIONAL PROJECTS............................................................ 10 2.1 SADC-HYCOS PHASE II: CONSOLIDATION AND EXPANSION OF THE HYDROLOGIC CYCLE OBSERVING SYSTEM IN THE SADC SUB-REGION .................................................................................................................................................... 10 2.2 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AND SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT OF THE OKAVANGO RIVER BASIN (EPSMO) PROJECT................................................................................................................................................................................ 10 2.3 OKAVANGO DELTA MANAGEMENT PLAN PROJECT ...................................................................................... 11 3.0 MONITORING PROGRAMS IN ANGOLA ................................................................................. 12 3.1 INSTITUTIONAL SETTING ..................................................................................................................................................... 12 3.2 INSTRUMENTATION AND DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES ........................................................................................... 13 3.3 STAFFING AND TRAINING................................................................................................................................................... 14 3.4 FINDINGS .............................................................................................................................................................................. 15 3.5 TRAINING NEEDS ................................................................................................................................................................. 15 4.0 MONITORING PROGRAMS IN BOTSWANA........................................................................... 17 4.1 INSTITUTIONAL SETTING ..................................................................................................................................................... 17 4.2 INSTRUMENTATION AND DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES ........................................................................................... 18 4.3 STAFFING AND TRAINING................................................................................................................................................... 19 4.4 FINDINGS .............................................................................................................................................................................. 20 4.5 TRAINING NEEDS ................................................................................................................................................................. 20 5.0 MONITORING PROGRAMS IN NAMIBIA.................................................................................. 21 5.1 INSTITUTIONAL SETTING ..................................................................................................................................................... 21 5.2 INSTRUMENTATION AND DATA COLLECTION PROCEDURES ........................................................................................... 22 5.3 STAFFING AND TRAINING................................................................................................................................................... 23 5.4 FINDINGS .............................................................................................................................................................................. 23 5.5 TRAINING NEEDS ................................................................................................................................................................. 24 6.0 CONCLUSIONS: CRITICAL GAPS IN HYDROLOGIC MONITORING ................................ 25 7.0 PROPOSED TRAINING ACTION PLAN .................................................................................... 30 7.1 PROPOSED REGIONAL TRAINING....................................................................................................................................... 30 7.2 PROPOSED TRAINING IN ANGOLA..................................................................................................................................... 32 7.3 PROPOSED TRAINING IN BOTSWANA ............................................................................................................................... 32 7.4 PROPOSED TRAINING IN NAMIBIA ..................................................................................................................................... 33 7.5 TRAINING PROGRAM PRIORITIES AND SEQUENCING....................................................................................................... 34 8.0 APPENDIX…………………………………………………………………………………………………..39 2 Improving Hydrometric System: Institutional and Training Assessment for Hydrological Monitoring USAID/OKACOM Okavango River Basin Project USAID Contract Number: LAG-I-811-99-00018-00 1. PEOPLE CONTACTED………………………………………………………………………..……………..39 2. FIELD TRIP REPORT: CABIRI AND BOMJESUS, ANGOLA……………………………………....................42 3. FIELD TRIP REPORT: OKAVANGO AREA, NAMIBIA AND MOHEMBO BOTSWANA………………....45 4. SUSTAINABILITY CONSIDERATIONS AND PLAN FOR ESTABLISHING HYDROLOGIC MONITORING IN KUANDO KUBANGO PROVINCE…………………….…………………………….….50 5. CONSULTANT SCOPE OF WORK………………………………………………………………………..55 6. REPORT ON SPECIFIC TASK COMPLETION……………………………………………………………..58 7. RECOMMENDATION NOTES FOR THE OBSC MEETING, NOVEMBER 1, 2005…………..…………..60 8. ANGOLA: MODERN GAUGING STATIONS AND CURRENT DNA STAFFING………………………61 3 Improving Hydrometric System: Institutional and Training Assessment for Hydrological Monitoring USAID/OKACOM Okavango River Basin Project USAID Contract Number: LAG-I-811-99-00018-00 Acronyms and Abbreviations ADCP Acoustic Doppler Current Profiler DCP Data Collection Platform DNA Direcçao Nacional de Águas, Angola DRH Departamento Recoursos Hídricos a DNA department, Angola EPSMO Environmental Protection and Sustainable Management of the Okavango River Basin Project ERP Every River Has Its People Project GABHIC Gabinete para Administração da Hidrografia da Bacia do Rio Kunene, Angola GAMEK Gabinete de Aproveitamento do Médio Kwanza, Angola HYCOS Hydrologic Cycle Observing System HYDATA Hydrological Database, a specialized database software package used in Botswana and Angola Hydstra Hydrological database, a specialized database software package used in Namibia OBSC Okavango Basin Steering Committee OKACOM Okavango River Basin Water Commission SADC Southern African Development Community USAID United States Agency for International Development 4 Improving Hydrometric System: Institutional and Training Assessment for Hydrological Monitoring USAID/OKACOM Okavango River Basin Project USAID Contract Number: LAG-I-811-99-00018-00 Preface The USAID/OKACOM Okavango River Basin Project, a four-year initiative is coordinated by the Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission (OKACOM) and funded by USAID/Southern Africa. The Project collaborates with OKACOM and its technical advisory committee, the Okavango Basin Steering Committee (OBSC), as well as government ministries, active non-governmental organizations in the basin, communities, regional academic and research institutions, and businesses and local government institutions that use and manage the resources in the Okavango River Basin. ARD, Inc. implements this initiative. This report presents the results of an assessment of approaches to conduct hydrological monitoring, use and manage information at responsible institutions in Angola, Botswana and Namibia. Based upon the assessment, a training action plan for improving monitoring within the three countries with a particular focus on the Okavango River basin was prepared and is included in this report. This assessment was conducted in October 2005 and results summarized for the 11th Meeting of the Permanent Okavango River Basin Water Commission, held in Windhoek the first week of November 2005.