WAIKATO RIVER FALLS
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effect of lake f.illing operaTions at arapuni HAMILTON WATER SUPPLY
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HAMILTON, Sqturday. Following- the filling of the Arapuni lake the level of the Waikato River has fallen five feet below normal, and as a result Hamilto,n's yater supply has been serio.usly affected. Both intakes at the pumjnng station are now above watqB qnd tke toWn is relying sotely on. resei'von* Accommodatio.n for bdrough sUpply. At the request of the borough engineef, 1500 ^usecs of water wefe reieased at Arapuni tkis m°rning to alleviate the situation. With the apprediable drop in the level of the Waikato' River at Hamiltpn, shoals and shags have appeared, rendering bathing'on any stretch of the river dangerous. Both wharves of the Ro.o.se Shipping1 Company at Hamilton ar-e high and dry, and all river transport he?e has been suspended. The extent to which the yrater: level JlaS dropped can be gauged from ; the fact that it is possible at var-iqus jp.oipts o.f the river qt present tp walk • pr.actically waist high from bank to- : bank, :
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 183, 28 March 1932, Page 5
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174WAIKATO RIVER FALLS Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 183, 28 March 1932, Page 5
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