Nihotupu dam, early summer

[mific]

I drove out to my local reservoir to charge my car battery and check the water levels after the unusually hot spring we've had (global warming and La Niña). It wasn't too bad as despite the heat we've also had bouts of heavy rain. The Watercare site says the local dams are at 85% of usual levels.

Nihotupu dam, water level a few inches below the spillway

there's dampness in the spillway so it must have been overflowing not long ago, or that could be from rain



gulls sunning themselves on the spillway

Comments

[shirebound]

That's quite a lovely dam! What beautiful planning there.

[mific]

They built a series of these, sometimes triggered by bad drought years. And this one was partly built due to increased water use by US military stationed in Auckland in WW2.