BUFFER POND OUTLET MALFUNCTION DISRUPTING FLOWS TO ZONE 2, 3 & 4

This message is recorded at 7:00am Sunday 22nd November 2020. In the early hours of this morning this site malfunctioned closing the gate outlet from the… Read More

Irrigation & Stockwater Water Shut Down – Sunday 8th November 2020

This notice is recorded at 7.30am With already 40mm rain fallen overnight and rain forecast to continue throughout today, the scheme will be shutdown to minimise… Read More

BROWNS ROCK WATER RE-OPENED

This message is recorded at 4:30pm Monday 12 October 2020.   The intake was re-opened at 10:00am Monday 12 October 2020.   Stock water should be… Read More

BROWNS ROCK INTAKE CLOSURE:

This message is recorded at 8:30pm Sunday 11th October 2020. Due to continued rainfall in the catchment ECAN have flood warnings in place for the Waimakariri… Read More

BROWNS ROCK WATER RE-OPENED

This message is recorded at 9.00am Wednesday 30th September 2020. The intake was re-opened for Monday evening 28th September. Water should be flowing throughout the scheme… 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
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