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Councils keeping an eye on lake levels
24 November 2016
Queenstown Lakes District Council and Otago Regional Council (ORC) are keeping an eye on lake levels in light of a severe weather warning issued by MetService.
Heavy rain is expected during Friday in Westland and Fiordland with significant spill over into the headwaters of Otago between Friday and Sunday.
Lake levels in Wanaka and Wakatipu are currently high from previous rainfall in the last few weeks. With the additional rainfall predicted by MetService, Lake Wakatipu may reach a level late on Fridaythat could result in ponding in some of the low-lying reserves of Queenstown Bay, Kingston and Glenorchy and potential minor surface flooding on roads close to the lake.
Lake Wanaka is also predicted to rise but no issues are anticipated.
ORC has a 24 hour duty flood manager monitoring river and lake levels. Information on river and lake levels is also available on ORC’s Waterinfo website http://water.orc.govt.nz/
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