POWER CRISIS
Further Drop In Storage NO SIGN OF THAW North-westerly weather yesterday brought no rain to South Island hydroelectric catchment areas, and there is still no sign of a thaw setting in there. The levels of the lakes fell Saturday, storage dropping by 460,009 units, to 17,090.000 units in the 24 hours ended 9 a.m. yesterday. The only hopeful sign seen yesterday was a flow of .up to 500 cusecs recorded m the Harper river, which feeds Lake Coleridge. All streams feeding Lakes Tekapo and Pukaki were almost dry. The district engineer ot the State Hydro-Electric Department (Mr W H Gregory) reported last evening that workmen had spent 30 hours on end during the week-end clearing shinele r’iL o*’ 0 *’ th A e u tU 4 nn . e J intak ® at Lake Tekapo. About 150 yards of shingle was cut out. and in addition a quantity of other material obstructing the intake. The Lake Tekapo power station could not be used while this work was in progress. The distribution of the present storage among the three lakes is as follows: Lake Coleridge, 7.320 000 unitsLake Mahinerangi. 5.450.000 units’ Lake Monowai, 4,310.000 units
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Press, Volume XC, Issue 27471, 4 October 1954, Page 10
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