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The company behind the Opuha Dam said yesterday’s release of water was an “interesting test”, but is not sure whether it has solved the build-up of didymo. Yesterday, it had planned to release up to 40 cumecs, about four times the Opihi River’s average flow, but Opuha Water chief executive Tony McCormick said it had only got up to 32 cumecs.

Even though we have had good lake storage levels this season, we still endeavour to only release what is required for irrigation and environmental flows.