| Dam | Resource Consent | Activity | Expiry Date |
| Taupo Gates | Land use consent (960979)
Discharge permit (960980) | Undertake works on the Waikato River Bed for erosion and maintenance repairs to the Taupo Gates Structure and adjacent riverbank and bed.
Discharge water and contaminants while undertaking works on the Waikato River bed for erosion and maintenance repairs to the Taupo Gates Structure and adjacent riverbank and bed. | 30 September 1998 |
| Aratiatia | Discharge permit (950265) | Discharge lake weed and other materials | 1 May 2001 |
| | Water permit (100324)
Discharge permit (100325) Discharge permit (100326) Discharge permit (100327) Land use consent (100323) | Take water from Lake Aratiatia as a result of suction dredge operations.
Discharge sediment settlement pond water into Lake Aratiatia upstream of the dredging operation. Discharge sediment during dredging as a result of a suction dredge operation. Discharge sediments and water onto ground and water to ground from settlement ponds. Excavate the bed of Lake Aratiatia for desilting purposes. | 30 September 2001 |
| | Land use consent (970695) | Undertake erosion control works in the bed of the Waikato River and discharge minor amounts of sediment as a result of bank stabilisation purposes. | 30 May 2002 |
| | Discharge permit (951108) | Discharge contaminants into the air in association with maintenance work. | 30 June 1996 |
| | Water permit (732201) | Change of conditions of existing resource consent (to dam, divert, take and discharge water associated with the operation of the Power Station) which allows a change of the frequency and duration of flows through the Aratiatia rapids to enable energy efficiency gains to be made. | |
| | Discharge permit (732692) | Discharge domestic and industrial waste to the Waikato River. | 1 October 2001 |
| Ohakuri | Water permit (960505) | Discharge water and contaminants into Waikato River for regular testing of diversion gates. | 30 August 2011 |
| | Discharge permit (732693) | Discharge domestic and industrial waste to the Waikato River. | 1 October 2001 |
| | Discharge permit (950265) | Discharge lake weed and other materials. | 1 May 2001 |
| Atiamuri | Water permit (960506) | Discharge water and contaminants into Waikato River for regular testing of diversion gates. | 30 August 2011 |
| | Water permit (960420)
Discharge permit (960421) | Take up to 20 m3 water per day from the Waikato River to suppress dust and irrigate plants in the vicinity of the Atiamuri Power Station and discharge onto land. | 31 August 1999 |
| | Land use consent (960423)
Water permit (960424) Land use consent (960425) Discharge permit (960426) Discharge permit (960422) | Undertake earthworks to widen and deepen the Waikato River for power station efficiency improvement purposes.
Divert the flow of the Waikato River over a widened and deepened section for power station efficiency improvement purposes. Construct sediment control ponds for power station efficiency improvement purposes. Discharge water and waste from sediment control ponds. Discharge sediment to the Waikato River. | 31 August 1998 |
| | Discharge permit (732696) | Discharge domestic and industrial waste to the Waikato River. | 1 October 2001 |
| | Discharge permit (950265) | Discharge lake weed and other materials. | 1 May 2001 |
| Whakamaru | Water permit (960507) | Discharge water and contaminants into Waikato River for regular testing of diversion gates. | 30 August 2011 |
| | Discharge permit (732695) | Discharge domestic and industrial waste to the Waikato River. | 1 October 2001 |
| Maraetai | Discharge permit (900218) | Discharge up to 482.6 litres of uncontaminated stormwater per second on to land. | 31 December 2000 |
| | Discharge permit (950265) | Discharge lake weed and other materials. | 1 May 2001 |
| | Discharge permit (731999) | Discharge domestic sewage. | 1 October 2001 |
| | Discharge permit | Discharge domestic and industrial waste | 1 October 2001 |
| | Discharge permit (950265) | Discharge lake weed and other materials. | 1 May 2001 |
| Waipapa | Water permit (960508) | Discharge water and contaminants into Waikato River for regular testing of diversion gates. | 30 August 2011 |
| | Discharge permit (950265) | Discharge lake weed and other materials. | 1 May 2001 |
| | Discharge permit (732694) | Discharge domestic and industrial waste into the Waikato River. | 1 October 2001 |
| Arapuni | Water permits (910153), (910154), (910155)
Discharge permit (910163) Water permit (910156) Water permit (910159) Discharge permit (910169) Discharge permit (910167) Discharge permit (910168) Discharge permit (910162) Discharge permit (910170) Discharge permit (910164) Water permit (910158) Water permit (910157) Discharge permit (910160) Discharge permit (910165) | Dam the Waikato River for electricity generating purposes.
Discharge up to 419 m3 water per second into Waikato River for electricity generating purposes. Divert up to 565 m3 water per second to diversion tunnel for flood control, safety and maintenance purposes. Divert up to 905 m3 water per second from the Arapuni headrace channel to the Waiteti Stream for flood control purposes for flood control, station outages and river flow maintenance purposes. Discharge up to 10 litres of water per second into the Waikato River to prevent ground instability under the tailrace weir. Discharge up to 250 litres of water per second into the Waikato River to maintain ground stability and for flood prevention purposes. Discharge up to 176 litres of water per second into the Waikato River to prevent land instability of Arapuni Ridge. Discharge up to 250 litres of stormwater and groundwater per second into the Waikato River in the Arapuni headrace channel for flood prevention and ground stability purposes. Discharge up to 15 litres of water per second into the Waikato River to prevent instability of ground and dam structure. Discharge up to 720 litres of water per second into the Waikato River for cooling purposes. Take up to 30 litres of water per second from the Waikato River in the Arapuni Headrace channel for transformer cooling purposes. Take up to 420 m3 of water per second from the Waikato River in the Arapuni Headrace channel for cooling, ancillary services, operation and electricity generating purposes. Discharge up to 500 litres of water per second into the Waikato River in the Arapuni Headrace channel for cooling transformers and stormwater disposal purposes. Discharge up to 250 litres of water per second into the Waikato River for cooling, valve control and flood prevention purposes. | 30 September 2026 |
| | Discharge permit (950265) | Discharge lake weed and other materials. | 1 May 2001 |
| Karapiro | Water permit (960509) | Discharge water and contaminants into Waikato River for regular testing of diversion gates. | 30 August 2011 |
| | Water permit (960829)
Discharge permit (960830) | Take and discharge groundwater associated with dam abutment investigations. | 30 August 1998 |
| | Land use consent (101532)
Discharge permit (101533) (Environment Waikato) | Undertake earthworks associated with Stage I of dam stability work. | 30 September 2001 |
| | Land use consent (2630) (Waipa District Council) | Undertake earthworks associated with Stage I of dam stability work. | N/A |
| | Discharge permit (971127)
Discharge permit (971128) Land use consent (971129) | Undertake geotechnical investigative drilling on the true left bank. | 31 July 2000 |
| | Discharge permit (961611) | Discharge contaminants into Waikato River associated with maintenance work. | 1 April 1998 |
| | Discharge permit (950265) | Discharge lake weed and other materials. | 1 May 2001 |
| | Discharge permit (910605) | Discharge dye into the Waikato River from the Karapiro diversion tunnel. | 31 March 1992 |
| | Discharge permit (951055)
Land use consent (951054) | Discharge intercepted groundwater to the Waikato River from an inspection tunnel for site dewatering purposes.
Operate an inspection tunnel for dam safety purposes. | 30 September 2030 |