JULY 5, 2025 – MONROVIA: In a firm move to ensure coordination among government institutions to stimulate efficiency and effective delivery of basic services, the Ministry of Mines and Energy has begun carrying out a 10-day technical analysis on the St. Paul River Basin. This water resources management exercise is being undertaken in adherence to a memorandum of understanding between the Ministry (MME), and the Liberia Electricity Corporation (LEC).
The Director of the Liberia Hydrological Service (LHS), Wynitta Gwaikolo-Mayson, is leading a team of water engineers and technicians to conduct the study, which began on June 30, 2025, and conclude on July 9, 2025.
The Liberia Hydrological Service (LHS), is one of two Bureaus in the department of Mineral Exploration and Environmental Research of the Mines and Energy Ministry. The LHS is teaming up with the LEC and other national and international consultants in executing the 10-day task seeking to collect data and perform some analysis on discharge, sediment transport and turbidity of the St. Paul River.
The St. Paul River basin covers eight thousand four hundred and sixty square miles (8,460 sq mi.), or twenty-one thousand nine hundred and eleven kilo meters (21,911 km) between Liberia and Guinea. “The objective of this MoU is to facilitate the exchange of knowledge, capacity building, and competence enhancement for both the Hydrological Service and LEC”, LHS Director Wynitta Gwaikolo-Mayson asserted.
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