Tonnes of water spray skywards at the bottom of the Benmore Dam spillway on Wednesday. The New Zealand Electricity Department is releasing record volumes of water through the Waitaki Valley lakes to lower the dangerously high levels of Lakes Tekapo, Ohau, and Pukaki, which were swelled by heavy rain in the back country.
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Press, 28 December 1979, Page 2
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53Tonnes of water spray skywards at the bottom of the Benmore Dam spillway on Wednesday. The New Zealand Electricity Department is releasing record volumes of water through the Waitaki Valley lakes to lower the dangerously high levels of Lakes Tekapo, Ohau, and Pukaki, which were swelled by heavy rain in the back country. Press, 28 December 1979, Page 2
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