ARAPUNI POWER
MAINTAINING OUTPUT WORK AT THE DAM With a view to maintaining a more constant output of power from the Arapuni hydro-electric works, the Public Works Department is erecting dashboards on the spillway at the dam. In this way provision will be made for raising the level of the Arapuni Lake by about four feet, so that flood waters which may be expected in the winter will be prevented from flooding over the spillway. In addition to giving a larger storage of water at the lake, the dashboards will increase the head of water on the turbines, so that a little more power will be generated with the same amount of water as at present. Subsidiary to Control Gates The erection of the dashboards has already commenced, and is expected to be completed within three weeks. In case of a large flood the boards can be easily removed, allowing the water to flow away. Some time ago it was announced that a scheme was in hand to erect control gates at Lake Taupo to regulate the flow of water into the Waikato River. The present work is subsidiary to this scheme.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19980, 4 July 1939, Page 13
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192ARAPUNI POWER Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19980, 4 July 1939, Page 13
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