WATER STORED FOR POWER
IMPROVEMENT AFTER RAIN TWELVE MILLION UNITS IN TWO DAYS To-day the degree of power rationing in the South Island will be reviewed in the light of the improved storage position. This was announced last evening by the general manager of the State Hydro-electric Department (Mr A. E. Davenport). On Friday there were 85.460.000 units in hand. On Saturday there were 93,590.000, and yesterday morning 97.400,000. Yesterday’s figure represented an improvement in the position of about 12.000.000 units since Friday, said Mr Davenport, but as South Island consumption amounted to about 6.000.000 units weekly the improvement amounted to only about two weeks’ supply. When the position was reviewed consideration would be given to easing in some way the burden of rationing, said Mr Davenport, but the decision would depend on how much more water could be taken into storage. Mr Davenport emphasised that there was no thought of lifting rationing completely. Mr Davenport said that the storage at Lake Pukaki was now full. It holds almost 30.000.000 units. One of the State Hydro-electric Department’s two high tension lines to the West Coast was restored at 5.39 p.m. yesterday. The lines went “out" on Friday afternoon.
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Press, Volume LXXXVI, Issue 26124, 29 May 1950, Page 6
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