IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS LIFTED: Starting Sunday 5th February 2023

Waimakariri River @ 76.8  cumecs for tomorrow ZONE 1: ON ZONE 2: ON ZONE 3: ON ZONE 4: ON Refer to www.wil.co.nz for more information.

FULL IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Saturday 4th February 2023

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 44.5 cumec for tomorrow Saturday 4th February 2023 and reduced the water take to 16%… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 4 ON, Friday 3rd February 2023

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 46.4 cumecs for tomorrow Friday 3rd February 2023 and increased the water take to 25%… Read More

FULL IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 1 OFF. Wednesday 1st February 2023

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 41.2 cumecs for tomorrow Wednesday 1st February 2023 and decreased the water take to 1%… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 2 OFF. Tuesday 31st January 2023

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 48.2 cumecs for tomorrow Tuesday 31st January 2023 and decreased the water take to 33%… 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