RIVER UPDATE

December 8, 2019

This message is recorded at mid-morning Monday 9th December 2019.

Taylors Contracting plan to have a larger excavator onsite mid afternoon today that has greater track clearance so we can operate in deeper water. Due to the size of the machine and issues with transport we have opted for a 55t machine in order to make establishment quicker. We still have a few issues we are working through to get the machine to site.

Please review your water orders on the Water Metrics System by the 3pm cut off today. If we are successful, we hope to be confirming your water orders through the Water Metrics System later this evening.

A further 100mm of rain has fallen in the catchment yesterday and the river is currently flowing at around 420 cumecs at the Otarama recorder.

Please be re-assured we are doing all we can, but further delays could result if we are not successful in executing our plan today.

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.

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