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BROWNS ROCK INTAKE RE-OPENED

This message is recorded at 7:50am Monday 22nd June 2026. The intake was re-opened yesterday at 12.30pm. Stock water should be flowing throughout the majority of… Read More

BROWNS ROCK INTAKE CLOSURE:

This message is recorded at 12:30pm Sunday 21st June 2026. Due to continued rainfall in the catchment ECAN have flood warnings in place for the Waimakariri… Read More

ZONE 3 PENDING WATER INTERUPTIONS FOR UPGRADES & MAINTENANCE

This message is recorded at 9:00am Tuesday 2nd June 2026. Works will commence in ZONE 3 on the 8th of June. Stock Water and Irrigation Water… Read More

WATER ORDERING

This message is recorded at 12:50pm Monday 1st June 2026. If you are currently irrigating or are wanting to irrigate please re-order your water before 3pm… Read More

BROWNS ROCK INTAKE DUE TO RE-OPENED

This message is recorded at 1:00pm Thursday 14th May 2026. All going to plan the intake will re-opened around 4.00pm today. Irrigation Water Irrigation water orders… Read More

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February 12, 2019

Biodiversity boost proposed for Burgess’s Stream

Burgess’s Stream, near Eyreton, has been identified as a focus area for the first stage of Waimakariri Irrigation Limited’s (WIL) biodiversity project which is designed to… Read More

February 11, 2019

Michelle Maginness tells her story

Eyrewell dairy farmer Michelle Maginness is passionate about bringing rural and urban residents closer together through understanding and communication. Connecting people with different lifestyles is vital… Read More

January 22, 2019

Promising results for Silverstream denitrification wall trial

Nitrate levels in groundwater have been reduced from 7.1mg/l to 0.5 mg/l at the site of an Institute of Environmental and Scientific Research (ESR)-led denitrification wall… Read More

November 7, 2018

Infiltration trial could solve Silverstream’s nitrate issues

A three-year infiltration trial being carried out by Environment Canterbury and Waimakariri Irrigation Limited (WIL) aims to reduce Silverstream’s nitrate levels by introducing more water into… Read More

Waimakariri Irrigation Limited

Address:
267 High Street
PO Box 556
Rangiora

Phone: 03 313 0200
Email: admin@wil.co.nz

The Waimakariri Irrigation Ltd Scheme is a shareholder-owned cooperative company with consent to take water 11.041 cumecs from the Waimakariri River. Water is drawn from the Waimakariri River at Browns Rock for distribution through 1,100 kilometres of open race channels to supply around 200 shareholders. The Scheme supplies farms covering approximately 30,000 ha within an overall area of 78,000 ha and is located between the Waimakariri and the Ashley Rivers and between Oxford and Rangiora townships.

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