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IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS LIFTED: Saturday 23rd April 2022

ECAN have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 215 cumecs for 23rd April 2022 and increased our take to 100% allocation. ZONE… Read More

FULL IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Starting Sunday 10th April 2022

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 40 cumec for tomorrow Sunday 10th April and reduced the water take to 0% allocation.… Read More

BROWNS ROCK INTAKE RE-OPENED:

Stock water will return throughout the scheme today. Irrigators, please remember to review and manage your water orders as required, only the following day order… Read More

FULL IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 2 OFF Saturday 2nd April 2022

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 41.6 cumecs for tomorrow Saturday 2nd April 2022 and reduced the water take to 3%… Read More

WAIMAKARIRI RIVER UPDATE & PENDING MAINTENANCE SHUTDOWN

This message is recorded at 12:00 noon Friday 1st April 2022. The ECAN river restriction is currently at 7% allocation, and it is likely we will… 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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