IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS LIFTED: Zone 1 ,2,3 and 4 ON, Sunday 10th March 2019

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 69 cumec for tomorrow Sunday 10th March 2019 and increased the water take to 100%… Read More

FULL IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Wednesday 6th March 2019

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 43.5 cumec for tomorrow Wednesday 6th March 2019 and reduced our take to 11% allocation.… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 4 ON Tuesday 5th March 2019

ECAN have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 50.5 cumec for tomorrow Tuesday 5th March 2019 and increased the water take to 44%… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS LIFTED: Zone 2 ON Monday 4th March 2019

ECAN have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 46.6 cumec for tomorrow Monday 4th March 2019 and increased the water take to 26%… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Zone 1 & 3 OFF Saturday 2nd March 201

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 41.4 cumec for tomorrow Saturday 2nd March 2019 and reduced the water take to 2%… 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