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Waimea Community Dam
Client: Waimea Water Ltd
Designer: Damwatch
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The Waimea Community Dam is a concrete-faced, rock-filled dam being constructed in the Lee Valley, near Nelson. It is one of the region’s most important infrastructure projects and the largest dam built in New Zealand in more than 20 years. Taylors Contracting is in a joint venture partnership with Fulton Hogan as contractors to Waimea Water Ltd.
WAIMEA COMMUNITY DAM WILL:
● 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.
