BROWNS ROCK STOCKWATER RE-OPENED

June 2, 2021

This message is recorded at 8.00am Thursday 3rd June 2021.

The intake was re-opened on Tuesday evening 2nd June and Stockwater should be throughout ZONE 1 & 3 this morning.
We will assess surface flooding again this morning before releasing stockwater to ZONE 2 & 4.
It is most likely stockwater should be flowing throughout the scheme later today.

If you have any Infrastructure damage you would like to report, please get in touch with the operations team.

Thank you
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 STOCKWATER RE-OPENED

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