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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 is used for water storage for farming irrigation and provides 7.7Mw of electricity to New Zealand's national grid.

The dam failed during construction on February 6 1997 due to heavy rain.^[1] The dam was completed in 1998.

References

1. ^ 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.

External links

• [1] Lake Opuha, South Canterbury, New Zealand
• IPENZ report on emergency management.

Coordinates: 44°00′02″S 170°53′28″E / 44.00056°S 170.89111°E / -44.00056; 170.89111