Building the weir even for a small micro-hydro is a major engineering project, here undertaken by the villagers of Raeao. This pic above shows Cyrol Elijah supervising the collection of materials at the weir site in Raeao.

May 2002 Raeao village, East Are Are, Malaita

Raeao village weir built using village labour to a Pelena design.

Reinforced concrete buttressed design with integral trash rack.

Sitting on left of pic above is schoolteacher Ashley Hautaha