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The Waitaki Dam is one of eight hydroelectric power stations which form the Waitaki hydroelectric scheme on the Waitaki River in the Canterbury Region of New Zealand. The dam was the first of three to be built on the Waitaki River and was constructed without earthmoving machinery; over half a million cubic metres of material was excavated, almost entirely by pick-and-shovel. [2]
The lake is created by the Waitaki Dam, a 36m high concrete gravity dam built between 1928 and 1934. Waitaki Dam was the first hydroelerctic dam built on the Waitaki river. The Waitaki power station has a total installed capacity of 105MW. Waitaki was the last dam built in New Zealand with excavation done with pick and shovel, not heavy ...
Benmore (540 MW) (2,200 GWh) 1965. Aviemore (220 MW) (940 GWh) 1968. Waitaki (105 MW) (500 GWh) 1935. Project Aqua was a proposed scheme of six dams on a man made canal running from the Waitaki Dam to the sea. It was cancelled by Meridian Energy on 29 March 2004.
Hydroelectric power in New Zealand has been a part of the country's energy system for over 100 years and continues to provide more than half of the country's electricity needs. Hydroelectricity is the primary source of renewable energy in New Zealand. Power is generated the most in the South Island and is used most in the North Island.
The Waitaki River is a large braided river in the South Island of New Zealand. It drains the Mackenzie Basin and runs 209 kilometres (130 mi) south-east to enter the Pacific Ocean between Timaru and Oamaru on the east coast. It starts at the confluence of the Ōhau and Tekapo rivers, now at the head of the artificial Lake Benmore, these rivers ...
The lake is the reservoir of Benmore Dam, New Zealand's largest earth dam, [5] which was created as part of the Waitaki hydroelectricity power scheme. Construction of Benmore Dam was approved in 1957 [6] and the lake was filled in December 1964. [5] After the lake was created the incidence of seismic shocks increased by a factor of three to six ...
29 km 2 (11 sq mi) Surface elevation. 268 m (879 ft) Lake Aviemore or Mahi Tikumu is a man-made lake in New Zealand 's South Island, part of the Waitaki hydroelectric scheme. Immediately upstream is Lake Benmore and downstream Lake Waitaki. Aviemore lies on both sides of the border between the Waimate and Waitaki districts.
Postcode (s) 7977. Area code. 03. Website. www.waitaki.govt.nz. Waitaki District is a territorial authority district that is located in the Canterbury and Otago regions of the South Island of New Zealand. It straddles the traditional border between the two regions, the Waitaki River, and its seat is Oamaru.