[Geysers] Fw: Spring S715 Kuirau Park, Rotorua

[Ashley Cody]

Subject: Spring S715 Kuirau Park


Hi Folks

This photo was taken Tuesday 2nd August in Kuirau Park, Rotorua. It is spring S715 in eruption <0.5m high. These began early am Monday 1st August and happen every 12-15 minutes, eruptions <0.5m high for <1 min with ~15 lps overflows.

Spring WL rose markedly during past two weeks and <100m away, at 16 Tarewa Road S657 Waikare Paumoana began overflows ~2 weeks ago. WLs all through west side of Kuirau Park around Tarewa springs have been rising and heating markedly in last 2-3 weeks.

Maybe if geothermal WLs keep on heating and rising in Kuirau Park area  then perhaps additional fluid and heatflows may soon be able to supply both Kuirau Lake and Tarewa springs without further need to exchange functions? ie enough to provide all springs and keep themn all flowing?

Anyway Kuirau Lake as yet does not show any detectable reduction in outflow or temperature, as used top happen in earlier episodes of geysering along western side of park. Last time S715 geysered was in May 1996 for two months, but then it played ~5m high every 20 minutes or so for ~a minute at a time.

Regards
Ashley Cody


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