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Lake Maraetai

Lake Maraetai is one of several artificial lakes formed as part of a hydroelectricity scheme on the Waikato River in the North Island of New Zealand.[1] It is located 85 kilometres (53 mi) southeast of Hamilton, close to the town of Mangakino.

It is a relatively small lake, covering only 4.4 square kilometres (1.7 sq mi), but it is 75 metres (246 ft) deep at some points, and the powerhouses (Maraetai I and Maraetai II) at its northern end generate 360 megawatts (480,000 hp) of power.

Mercury Energy weed cutter about to be launched to remove hornweed, which has been a problem[2] since the 1960s[3]

References

  1. ^ "Place name detail: Lake Maraetai". New Zealand Gazetteer. Land Information New Zealand. Retrieved 18 March 2009.
  2. ^ "Water weed traps young swimmer". Stuff. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  3. ^ "Environment Waikato Technical Report 2010/24 Assessment of the ecological condition of lakes in the Waikato region using LakeSPI – 2010" (PDF).