FULL IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Saturday 10th April 2021

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River at 41.4 cumec for tomorrow Saturday 10th April 2021 and reduced the water take to 2%… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 2 ON Thursday 8th April 2021

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 47.1 cumecs for tomorrow Thursday 8th April 2021 and increased the water take to 28%… Read More

FULL IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Starting Tuesday 6th April 2021

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 43.5 cumec for tomorrow Tuesday 6th April and reduced the water take to 12% allocation.… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 1 and 3 OFF. Zone 2 and 4 ON Monday 5th April 2021

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 48.8 cumecs for tomorrow Monday 5th April 2021 and decreased the water take to 36%… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 2 & Zone 4 OFF Saturday 3rd April 2021

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 54.9 cumecs for tomorrow Saturday 3rd April 2021 and reduced the water take to 64%… 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