Deep fault drilling project

It rains a lot in the tiny south Westland town of Whataroa. Every year, this region gets some of the highest rainfall totals recorded anywhere in the World and Whataroa is one of the wetter parts. The town is nestled beneath almost the highest part of NZ's Southern Alps, an imposing mountain range that presents an abrupt barrier to the moisture-laden westerly winds after their unimpeded journey across thousands of miles of the vast Southern Ocean. The resulting deluge happens quickly, often, and