BROWNS ROCK INTAKE RE-OPENED

October 11, 2025

This message is recorded at 9:30am Sunday 12th October 2025.

The intake was re-opened yesterday at 5pm. Stock water should be flowing throughout the majority of the scheme by this evening; the farthest reaches may take till Monday morning.

Irrigation Water Orders
Irrigation water orders should be confirmed after 3pm today for tomorrows delivery. More rain has fallen in the catchment overnight so we will need to monitor river levels throughout the day today.

Jamie Hamilton
WIL Operations Manager

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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