clutha river

  • investigations begin on could clutha river potenially be dammed

  • construction of the roxburgh dam begins

  • lake hawea control dam and put it into use and lake hawea rises by 20M

  • investigations into building more dams on the clutha river 30 proposed dam sites, 20 of these were costed out

  • they submitted outlining the enviromental effects of damming the river which is whena lot of the protesting began

  • a site is selected for the clyde dam

  • water right is accepted for a low dam but were going to have a high dam

  • building begins on the right side dam

  • goverment agrees to construct a high dam