BROWNS ROCK INTAKE RE-OPENED

July 22, 2022

This message is recorded at 7:30am Saturday 23^rd July 2022.

The intake was re-opened yesterday and stock water should be flowing throughout majority of the scheme by this afternoon, the farthest reaches may take till later tonight.

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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