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Images: The Project Aqua Design Difference
Meridian Energy’s proposed Project Aqua hydro-electric scheme completes nearly 40 years of investigations into the hydro potential of the lower Waitaki, and represents a remarkable design achievement. See... The Project Aqua Design Difference for background.
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Figure 1 Location of the Project Aqua hydro-electric scheme in the lower Waitaki River valley, North Otago.
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Figure 4 A simulation, looking north-east, showing how the Project Aqua canal could look from a location on Smillies Road. Power-station 4 would be about 2km downstream (right) from this location.
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