THE WAIHOU RIVER.

Putaruru Press, Volume VI, Issue 223, 9 February 1928, Page 3

THE WAIHOU RIVER.

STEADILY-RISING LEVEL. Effects of Waikato Diversion. Certain people have noted that of late the level of the Waihou river has been steadily rising despite the drought. A marker driven in beyond Te Poi has shown that the water level has risen 15 inches within 10 days. The inference is that the diversion of the Waikato river at Arapuni has caused filtration through the loose, broken and “ rotten ” country into the Waihou. Following on this new aspect of things, one wonders where the effects of the diversion are going to end. We know how the Horahora power station has been affected up to date, and may surmise the trouble in store ; from the lower reaches of the Waikato river, in the swamp areas below Pukekohe, the fear has been expressed that the pumice and debris will interfere with drainage in that area. Now, with the apparent flow from the Waikato to the Waihou, there seems to be a probability that in the flood time of the Waikato the level of the Waihou will be kept up higher than usual, and maybe affect the stopbanks of Ohinemuri and the drainage of a portion of the Hauraki Plains. Things may turn out all right, but the advent of a flood, and its aftermath, will be of the greatest interest.—Matamata Record.