6 Aug 2019

Monitoring scheme lacking for NZ dams

From Morning Report, 8:28 am on 6 August 2019

New Zealand lacks any scheme to monitor and maintain the structural integrity of many hundreds of dams nationwide, but is now playing catch up.

The risks are illustrated at the town of Whaley Bridge in the UK where thousands of people have been evacuated because an old clay dam holding 11 billion litres of water is cracking.

Phil Pennington reports.