ARAPUNI SPILLWAY
The provision of 4ft fiashboards along the top of the weir at the foot of the Arapuni head-race has greatly helped in the conservation of water. The level in the spillway is now lft Sin above the top of the weir, and is steadily rising as a result of the heavy rain during the last few days, states a Hamilton correspondent. There is sufficient water available in the spillway for the needs of the power-house and the demands for current. The King's Wharf station is brought into operation at 5 p.m.. daily to take up the city night load instead of continuously, as was the case some weeks ago. For this time of the year the level of Lake Taupo is extraordinarily low, a rise of only lft 3in having occurred since the dry spell of two months ago. The lake was then at the lowest, level recorded for 24 years.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 22, 26 July 1939, Page 13
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153ARAPUNI SPILLWAY Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 22, 26 July 1939, Page 13
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