I-MAG STS Corporation
With the exception of rivers forming the border with Sierra
Leone in the far northwest, rivers in northwestern Liberia
originate in Guinea and rivers in the southeastern Liberia originate
(or form the border) with Côte d'Ivoire. The key river is
the St. Paul because it connects to Monrovia, the capital and largest
city. Twenty miles upstream of Monrovia the Mount Coffee Hydropower
Project was built in 1966 with additional phases completed later.
The project had a maximum generating capacity of 64 MW. The Walter
F. Walker Hydro Dam and generating facilities were extensively damaged
during the First Liberian Civil War and are not currently functioning.
In July 1990, rebel forces under the command of Charles Taylor seized
the dam and shut off power and water to Monrovia. The current plan is
to have the dam restored by a Norwegian company (Norplan AS) and a
German company (Fichtner GmbH) by 2015. It is not clear what impact
the Ebola epidemic will have.
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