Kilowatts And Sheep
Sir,—Your leading article implies that there are only two choices: to use a river for power production, flooding a large area, or not to use it. There is a third possibility: to build a series of small dams and generating stations, giving the same amount of power, in total, but at a higher cost per kilowatt, without flooding much land. This also allows the use of some water for irrigation of the land saved from flooding. The extra cost might be justified in the upper Waitaki. It would more probably be so in the Clutha where it is proposed to flood the Cromwell Gorge and much of the land around Cromwell, rich fruitgrowing land when irrigation is available. On both rivers, lakes in the headwaters provide ample storage, and there should be no need for large lakes behind the dams.— Yours, etc., J. F. McCAHON. October 2, 1968.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31802, 5 October 1968, Page 12
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