BROWNS ROCK INTAKE RE-OPENED

September 19, 2025

This message is recorded at 11:20am Friday 19th September 2025.

The intake was re-opened at 9.00am today once river work was completed. Stock water should be flowing throughout the majority of the scheme by tomorrow morning; the farthest reaches may take till later in the day tomorrow.

Irrigation Water Orders
Please review your water orders by 3pm today.
Irrigation water orders will be confirmed after 3pm today for tomorrow’s delivery.

Waimakariri Irrigation Limited

Address:
267 High Street
PO Box 556
Rangiora

Phone: 03 313 0200
Email: admin@wil.co.nz

The Waimakariri Irrigation Ltd Scheme is a shareholder-owned cooperative company with consent to take water 11.041 cumecs from the Waimakariri River. Water is drawn from the Waimakariri River at Browns Rock for distribution through 1,100 kilometres of open race channels to supply around 200 shareholders. The Scheme supplies farms covering approximately 30,000 ha within an overall area of 78,000 ha and is located between the Waimakariri and the Ashley Rivers and between Oxford and Rangiora townships.

BROWNS ROCK INTAKE RE-OPENED

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