Lake Waitaki

Lake Waitaki
Waitaki Dam
Location	Waimate and Waitaki Districts, Canterbury Region, South Island
Coordinates	44°40′29″S 170°23′56″E / 44.67472°S 170.39889°E / -44.67472; 170.39889Coordinates: 44°40′29″S 170°23′56″E / 44.67472°S 170.39889°E / -44.67472; 170.39889
Primary inflows	Waitaki
Primary outflows	Waitaki
Basin countries	New Zealand

Surface elevation	230 m

Lake Waitaki is the smallest, oldest and farthest downstream of the three man-made lakes of the Waitaki hydroelectric project in New Zealand's South Island. It lies below lakes Aviemore and Benmore on the Waitaki River, close to the town of Kurow. It is part of the traditional boundary of the Canterbury and Otago regions (although the official border has been moved southward to include the entire lake, as well as the entire northwest portion of Waitaki District within the Canterbury Region.

The lake is created by Waitaki Dam, a 36m high spill weir dam built between 1928 and 1934. The Waitaki power station has an installed capacity of 105MW. Waitaki was the last dam built in New Zealand with excavation done with pick and shovel, not heavy machinery.^[1] The power station is to be upgraded by Meridian Energy between 2011 and 2016 at a projected cost of $NZ 60 - 80 million.^[2]

References

↑ https://www.meridianenergy.co.nz/about-us/waitaki/
↑ Bruce, David (29 December 2010). "Meridian upgrades on target". Otago Daily Times. Retrieved 2011-01-14.

External links

Meridian Energy - power station information

Waitaki River

Source: Southern Alps—Flows into: Pacific Ocean (below listings are upstream → downstream)

Administrative areas	Canterbury Region Otago Region Waitaki District

Towns and settlements	Twizel Otematata Kurow Duntroon Glenavy

Major tributaries (by confluence)	Godley River Tekapo River Tasman River Pukaki River Dobson River Hopkins River Ahuriri River Hakataramea River Maerewhenua River

Lakes in catchment (by location or tributary)	Lake Tekapo Lake Pukaki Lake Ohau Lake Ruataniwha Lake Benmore Lake Aviemore Lake Waitaki

Other features	Tasman Glacier Mackenzie Country Benmore Dam Aviemore Dam

Longest New Zealand rivers	1: Waikato 2: Clutha 3: Whanganui 4: Taieri 5: Rangitikei 6: Mataura 7: Waiau (Southland) 8: Clarence 9: Waitaki 10: Oreti

Towns of the Waitaki District, Canterbury/Otago, New Zealand

Major towns	Hampden Kakanui Kurow Moeraki Oamaru Omarama Palmerston Weston

Minor towns	Dunback Duntroon Herbert Macraes Maheno Ngapara Otematata Pukeuri Reidston Waitaki Bridge

Localities	Airedale All Day Bay Ardgowan Awamoko Billys Flat Black Point Bortons Clearburn Cormacks Corriedale Danseys Pass Earthquakes Elderslie Enfield Five Forks Flag Swamp Fuchsia Creek Georgetown Glenpark Goodwood Green Valley Hillgrove Hilderthorpe Incholme Inch Valley Island Cliff Island Stream Kaika Katiki Kauru Hill Kia Ora Kokoamo Kuriheka Lake Aviemore Lake Benmore Lake Ohau Lake Waitaki Lindis Pass Livingstone Maerewhenua Makareao Maraeweka Marakerake Maruakoa Meadowbank Moonlight Flat Morrisons Nenthorn Otekaieke Otepopo Otiake Papakaio Peebles Pleasant Valley Pukeraro Puketapu Queens Flat Richmond Rosebery Shag Point Shag Valley Stoneburn Strachans Tapui Taranui Te Akatarawa Teschemakers Tokarahi Totara Trotters Gorge Waianakarua Waihemo Waikaura Waimotu Wairunga Waitangi Waynes Wharekuri Whitecraig Whitstone Windsor Windsor Park

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