ARAPUNI HYDRO
SMALL INCREASE IN SEEPAGE. (Ter,Press Association — Copyright.) HAMILTON, September 21. As the result of a small increase in seepage, in the headrace at Arapuni, being noticed yesterday morning, the diversion tunnel was opened last evening'to improve this conditions for an inspection by a. diver. The inlet of the seepage was discovered just outside the coffer dam, in the exact locality whore it was expected. Remedial measures have already been taken.
It .is expwted that the tunnel will be closed again to-niglit, and that the water will go over the spillway again in the early hours of the morning. Work on the “ : sland” dam, which was empo-ed for *uist such an emergency as this, will be put in hand immediately. Idle lowering of the water level and the remedial work have not interfered with., the generation of power.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 September 1932, Page 2
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139ARAPUNI HYDRO Hokitika Guardian, 22 September 1932, Page 2
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