A senior member of the national power producer, EBS, has said Suriname is on the brink of a severe power crisis as its hydroelectric power station faces reduced output due to critically low reservoir water levels.
EBS Operations Manager, Robert Pancham, said the company is exploring the use of emergency generators to offset the anticipated shortfall should the dam's production continue to decline.
Mr. Pancham says EBS will soon launch a public awareness campaign under the slogan "Turn it off or it will go off".
A historically low water level in the reservoir, the result of last year's extreme drought exacerbated by climate change, has placed Suriname on the brink of a power crisis.
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