HIGHEST THIS YEAR

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20887, 19 August 1939, Page 8

HIGHEST THIS YEAR

1 WAIKATO RIVER LEVEL SIX FEET RISE IN WEEK Heavy rain and the melting snow on ; the high country have resulted in the * * Waikato River rising Gft. within the • 3 last week, and to-day's level was the j highest reached this year. Parts of • ’ the river path at Hamilton were j flooded, while the swamp areas near | Mercer were covered to a considerable depth. On the whole the Waikato River ) has been very low this year as a result j of the conservation of water in the • Arapuni dam throughout the summer and into the late autumn. Since the level of the water in the dam has been raised to the required level very . heavy rain has fallen in the Waikato, with the result that the flow in the ri\er has been rapidly increasing. Already ihe rainfall for August s has exceeded the average for the i month. 3.96 inches, up to 9 a.m. today 4.21 inches having been recorded. , e | The 2i hours fall in Hamilton up to 1 j 9 o'clock was .35m.