IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS LIFTED: Friday 12th February 2021

ECAN have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 117 cumecs for Friday 12th February 2021 and increased our take to 100% allocation. Zone… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 3 & 4 ON Thursday 11th February 2021

ECAN have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 53.9 cumecs for tomorrow Thursday 11th February 2021 and increased our take to 59% of… Read More

FULL IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Starting Monday 8th February 2021

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River at 44.2 cumec for tomorrow Monday 8th February and reduced the water take to 15% allocation.… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 2 and 3 OFF Sunday 7th February 2021

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 48.4 cumecs for tomorrow Sunday 7th February 2021 and decreased our take to 34% allocation.… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 4 OFF Saturday 6th February 2021

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 60.1 cumecs for tomorrow Saturday 6th February 2021 and decreased our take to 86% of… 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