15/10/2026
MARINA REPORT For Weekend Friday 16th 0f October 2026. the wind and rain has had a break this past week replaced by a moderate to light northwest of around 10—12 knots. The temperatures also have increased in general to 12 degree nights and 18 degree days. This weekend, Friday 20kt southerlies with showers ,Saturday thru Monday light southerlies, fine.
Picture 1. The new Suspension Bridge over the Tongariro River is now completed . It is Located on the Tongariro River Trail which is situated at the end of Koura Street, Turangi ( near the Kouta Street Carpark) This was a Department of Conservation ( DOC ) Project and they should be congratulated on the outcome and finishing of the new construction on time. The opening is this Friday the 16th of October at 10.00am on site. You will find a map on Picture 6 indicating the Koura St car park.
Picture 2. The supply of drinking water to the new Marina.. By Laying a large water pipe out into the Lake had a two prong objective. One to supply circulation water to the marina basin and the other to supply service water to supply drinking water to the berths and Ablution Block.
Picture 3.in this plan you will note that the red line is the water intake direct from the Lake – The brown line was to supply a circulation pump to supply a series of adjustable underwater jets to remove the bottom lake w**d from the marina…. ( this never happened.) The blue line was for a water filtration plant with a sophisticated filter system to remove Arsenic and heavy metals (a by-product of Thermal Activity in the near vicinity of the intake ), to supply drinking water to the berths and Ablution Block. ( This also never happened.) It was some time before an answer was resolved.
Picture 4. The answer was to connect the Marina to the Motuoapa water supply, picture 4 shows that the Council were in the process of replacing the very old wooden water tanks with modern fit for purpose tanks and could handle the extra water volumes. However . ( note from Council ) The treated water does not meet the compliance requirements of the Drinking Water Standards New Zealand 2005 (R 2008) (DWSNZ), because the supply does not provide a barrier to protozoa and because the level of arsenic in the source water can exceed the DWSNZ maximum acceptable value from time to time. The Marina management still quietly progressed with the connection. That was some four years ago .. However .. the good news .. over the past year and a half the Taupo Council have spent over 8 million dollars building a state of the art water treatment plant up the Hill at Motuoapa with all of the bells and whistles AND the complex opens mid next week. SO when you turn your water tap on either up the hill or at your Berth no more Lake water, no more Protozoa, no more heavy metals, just plain excellent H2O..( Next weeks report will have pictures to show of the new Water Treatment Plant..)
Picture 5.Black billed gulls , Still quietly moving in, counted 27 gulls and two ducks..
Picture 6. the Lake Level is presently 356. 54 metres above chart Datum. The level should hold steady through the weekend. .The outflow is 175 cubic metres per sec and will be rising in the weekend.
The B**r O Meter picture This week .. directions to the new Suspension Bridge that crosses the Tongariro River in Turangi.
Motuoapa.‘Weather for. ..Friday, Southerly --20 knots showers.. Saturday –Southerly 12 knts, cloudy mainly fine. .. Sunday –light winds 5 knt fine-- . Monday fine light winds cloudy.
Good Luck , for the weekend – looks OK -- …. CHEERS
