Opuha Dam
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The Opuha Dam is located on the Opuha River, a tributary of the Opihi River in South Canterbury, New Zealand.
The dam failed during construction on February 6 1997 due to heavy rain.[1] The dam has since been completed.
[edit] References
- ^ Lees, P. & Thomson, D. (2003) 'Emergency management, Opuha Dam collapse, Waitangi Day 1997', NZ Society on Large Dams (NZSOLD) 2003 Symposium "Dams – Consents and Current Practice”, Papers. Part 1, pages 84 - 89. © 2003 The Institution of Professional Engineers New Zealand, PO Box 12-241, Wellington.
[edit] External links
- IPENZ report on emergency management.
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