LAKE TAUPO DAM
“We did” tibt~ sef out the level of the lake regulate the ® river,” said Mr A* .& district electrical Works- 'Department Hamilton, in an address to the Hamilton Rotary Club, The level at the lake had been raised, but that was incidental to the main purpose, _ Before control was applied the- rateof flow varied between 3000 and 7000 cubic feet a. second, be added. With the operation of the dam, a minimum flow of 5000 and a maximum of 10,000. cubic feet a second could be obtained. It had been expected that two, years would elapse after the completion of the dam before the lake was filled, but heavy and continuous rain fell lm-, mediately after the work was diffie and the waters rose rapidly. This was a very fortunate circumstance; Control was commenced, in September, 1941, and conditions had been favourable. ever since. Mr Caldwell de? scribed the dam at Taupo as the only one of its kind in New Zealand. There was no rock bed and the foundations rested on pumice. The dam was built at a cost of £50,000. It had already paid for Itself in the value of the water it had conserved and the extra electricity that had been' generated. "
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Press, Volume LXXXI, Issue 24563, 11 May 1945, Page 9
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