BROWNS ROCK INTAKE & STOCKWATER CLOSURE:

This message is recorded at 9:00am Tuesday 12th July 2022. Due to a severe rainfall forecast in the Waimakariri, flood warnings are in place. The stockwater… Read More

END OF IRRIGATION SEASON

The 2021/2022 irrigation season will end this week, Friday 20th May. For those shareholders who are needing water to wrap up irrigators or continue to fill… Read More

IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS LIFTED: Saturday 23rd April 2022

ECAN have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 215 cumecs for 23rd April 2022 and increased our take to 100% allocation.   ZONE… Read More

FULL IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Starting Sunday 10th April 2022

Ecan have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 40 cumec for tomorrow Sunday 10th April and reduced the water take to 0% allocation.… Read More

BROWNS ROCK INTAKE RE-OPENED:

Stock water will return throughout the scheme today.   Irrigators, please remember to review and manage your water orders as required, only the following day order… Read More

December 19, 2024

Passion for horses leads to successful business

Growing up on a Cust dairy and sheep farm, Laura’s goal of having her own farm was clear in her mind from an early age. “From… Read More
September 30, 2024

Rare species discovered at Bennetts Stream restoration site

Waimakariri Irrigation Limited (WIL) biodiversity project lead Dan Cameron, WIL board director Tim Wells and Waimakariri District Council ecologist Kate Steel at the Bennetts Stream ecological restoration site where rare Canterbury mudfish and tadpole shrimp have been discovered. Read More
September 25, 2024

Supporting shareholders key for new environmental coordinator

The latest addition to WIL’s team, environmental coordinator, Fern McIIdowie is keen to get out on farm to meet with shareholders and understand more about their… 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