The beautiful, forest-surrounded Lake Te Koutu, in the town of Cambridge, was dying from lack of movement, unable to cope with minimal run-off from the town. It needed its waters revivified and plans were in place to build a sluice channel bringing fresh water to it.

Design for Life was approached for advice and we spoke of waterscaping to bring people down to the lake. The amount of water supply was insufficient to make a major impact on the lake so, through a gully, we introduced a ‘super-stream’ of over 40 large Flowforms, with a walking track beside, and then we created a beautiful authentic rock-strewn stream to carry the water the remaining 30 metres to the lake.

A beautiful curved bridge was built to span the stream for the walker brought into the area.

The sculpture not only treated the lake successfully, but also added all the sights and sounds of an energetic stream to the previously quiet lake, sunk in its amphitheatre of trees. This affects the entire park of several hectares

COMMENT:

"Improvement to the water quality in the lake arm has been astounding. The small flow of fresh water has resulted in almost eliminating algae blooms which formed unpleasant odours during the summer months. It is now a pleasure to wander around this part of the lake and to feed the ducks in relatively clear water." - Dale Eady, Waipa Services.

(Plants were put in after the above photo was taken)