FULL IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Friday 19th January 2024.

January 18, 2024

This message is recorded at: 4:15pm Thursday 18th January 2024.

ECAN have set the irrigation flow for the Waimakariri River @ 42.7 cumec for tomorrow and reduced the water take to 8% allocation.
This means we no longer have enough water for ANY zone to irrigate.

Zone 2 & 4 irrigators please turn OFF tomorrow at your usual ON/OFF times and let stock water go past.

ZONE 1: OFF
ZONE 2: OFF
ZONE 3: OFF
ZONE 4: OFF

We will keep you up-to-date with water restrictions in the coming days.

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.

FULL IRRIGATION RESTRICTIONS: Friday 19th January 2024.

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