Building water security for our region’s future
secure the region’s water supply for the next 100+ years
improve water quality to provide a better environment for people, plants, fish and animals
strengthen the economy through the success of primary industries and the subsequent growth of associated secondary and tertiary industries
provide an estimated economic benefit to the Tasman region of $600-$900m in the first 25 years
Waimea Community Dam overview from above. These pictures show the progress being made on the reinforced rockfill face and the spillway foundation.
As part of our focus on the environment, independent ecologists routinely evaluate the Lee River’s water quality as we build. Measures they use to check river health include sediment deposits and macroinvertebrate activity. To date the river health has remained very good! Here are some recent photos taken of the river downstream of the site.
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