WAIMAKARIRI RIVER UPDATE:

This message is recorded at 4:00pm Saturday 5th February 2022. Due to high river levels, the Intake will remain closed for irrigation and stock water until… Read More

WAIMAKARIRI RIVER UPDATE

This message is recorded at 4.00pm Friday 4th February 2022. 300 – 400mm of rain has fallen in the upper Waimak catchment in the last two… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 3 ON, January 28th 2022

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 53.1 cumecs for tomorrow Friday 28th January 2022 and increased our take to 55% of… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 2 & 4 ON, Zone 1 OFF. Wednesday 26th January 2022

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 49.5 cumecs for tomorrow Wednesday 26th January 2022 and increased the water take to 39%… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 2 & 3 OFF. Monday 24th January 2022

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 49.3 cumecs for tomorrow Monday 24th January 2022 and decreased the water take to 38%… 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