Background and Pre-Feasibility Study Reports
A Pre-Feasibility Study has been completed and the reports it involved are below:
The links below are to the background reports which led to the decision to carry out a Pre-Feasibility Study:
The links below are to the various reports which make up the full Pre-Feasibility Study:
Historical Studies
The Manuherikia catchment has been studied extensively during the past 150 years and numerous reports have been written. Click here to read historical reports on:
An insight into why certain infrastructure decisions were made and what other options were considered at the time;
A record of dam material and construction methods;
The challenges of the existing infrastructure and ideas for improvement;
Numerous ideas on new development options; and
Hydrological data dating back more than a century.
These reports contain multi-generation knowledge which is making a very valuable contribution to the current studies.