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MIGHTY RIVER POWER
Healthy Rivers CSG 2 July 2015
Waikato River Hydrology Presentation
Lake Taupo
David Payne
Waikato Hydro System Catchment
Drought and Flood conditions
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MIGHTY RIVER POWERMIGHTY RIVER POWER
Lake Taupo
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Lake Taupo catchment
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Lake Taupo water level, rainfall and flow stations
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Lake Taupo mean Monthly inflow
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Taupo lake level ranges
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Top 5 Lake Taupo facts
> The available lake Taupo storage is 855 Mm3 (1.4m range and 611 Km2 Lake area)
> The available storage is used on average 5 to 6 times a year
> The size of the hydro dams and reservoirs is such that the water obtained as a result of rainfall is
able to be used for generation purposes
> Mighty River Power has operated the Waikato Hydro Scheme since 1998 and during that time the
annual inflow versus outflow of Lake Taupo has not varied by more than 5%.
> The aim is to have the lake around 356.8 to 357.0 masl at the start of the year for drought
contingency purposes.
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MIGHTY RIVER POWER
Waikato Hydro System
Catchment
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MIGHTY RIVER POWER
Waikato Hydro System catchments
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Waikato Hydro System dam elevations
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Total storage Lake Taupo 93%Total Storage WHS 7%
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Modelled dam residence times
> The dam residence time below are based on Opus modelling for the report “Waikato Catchment
Water Quality Model” (2000), Rutherford etal
> Residence time for a natural catchment from Taupo to the sea is 5 to 6 days
> Residence time for low flows to pass through the hydro system (Taupo to Karapiro) is 30 days, from
Taupo to the sea it is 35 days
> Residence time for mean flows to travel from Taupo to the sea is 23 days
> Residence time for high flows to travel from Taupo to the sea is 15 days
> ENVCO conducted some flow velocity measurements for the hydro system
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Waikato Hydro System inflow versus Karapiro dam outflow
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Operation under
drought conditions
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Lake level under drought conditions
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Operation under flood
Conditions
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MIGHTY RIVER POWER
Taupo inflow and outflow
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Lake Taupo flood inflow, outflow and level graph
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MIGHTY RIVER POWER
Waikato Hydro System inflow and Karapiro outflow
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MIGHTY RIVER POWER
Waikato Hydro System inflow and Karapiro outflow (2011 event)
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