Hokowhitu Lagoon

Hokowhitu Lagoon, also once in a while referred to as Centennial Lagoon, is a natural ox-bow lake in the metropolis of Palmerston North, New Zealand. Hokowhitu changed into comprised of a meander of the Manawatu River. Many features surround the lagoon including a walkway, a Massey University campus and the Caccia Birch House. Hokowhitu Lagoon is likewise the name of a residential place inside Palmerston North. An artesian bore, which turned into completed in 2009, is drilled 94 metres into an underground aquifer which supplies the lagoon with 250,000 litres of water day by day.

During 2014 the lagoon's water tiers dropped as the 2014 Eketahuna earthquake opened up channels within the underside of the lake. The leaking continued and in December 2014 environmentally-secure dye became positioned into the water to help discover leaks. The Artesian Bore, which was constructed in 2009, cannot compete with the heavy leaking. During mid-2016 a dive crew turned into sent to analyze the lagoon bed to discover a source of the leaking.