IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 2 & 4 OFF Wednesday 10th January 2024

This message is recorded at: 3:00pm Tuesday 9th January 2024 Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 54.5 cumec for tomorrow and… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS LIFTED: Starting Tuesday 26th December 2023

Waimakariri River @ 61.1 cumec for tomorrow and increased the water take to 91% allocation. ZONE 1: ON ZONE 2: ON ZONE 3: ON ZONE 4:… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 1 & 3 OFF Sunday 24th December 2023

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 52.3 cumec for tomorrow and reduced the water take to 51% allocation. All Zone 3… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 1 OFF

This message is recorded at: 4:10pm Friday 22nd December 2023 Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 56.3 cumecs for tomorrow Saturday… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS LIFTED: Tuesday 19th December 2023

This message is recorded at 3:40pm Monday 18th December 2023. Although we are currently working through some discrepancy with ECAN on the irrigation restriction posting, we… Read More

September 25, 2024

Irrigation scheme field trip

Earlier this month, twenty-one WIL board members, staff and consultants spent a day visiting sites of interest around the irrigation scheme with a focus on the… Read More
June 6, 2024
WIL supports Cust Preschool planting project

WIL supports Cust Preschool planting project

A group of preschoolers from Cust Preschool planted 102 of their native seedlings at the Jack Graham Reserve in Cust last month. The preschoolers grew the… Read More
June 6, 2024
Planting map

Students raise and plant native seedlings for biodiversity project

A group of year 5 Swannanoa School students saw their yearlong native seedling project come to fruition when they planted half of their seedlings at Brian… Read More
June 6, 2024

Connectivity key to Waimakariri biodiversity project

During the last seven years over 5000 native seedlings have been planted as part of Waimakariri Irrigation’s biodiversity project. The project was launched in 2018 after… Read More