Latest significant additions and updates to the webpages relating to Central Plains Water proposed irrigation and storage scheme.
Overview - proposed irrigation and storage scheme
Central Plains Water Trust has applied for a number of resource consents relating to the construction and operation of a large-scale irrigation scheme. The applicants propose irrigating 60,000 hectares of land between the Rakaia and Waimakariri Rivers, an area stretching from the Malvern foothills to State Highway One.
The proposal includes a 55 metre high dam containing a 12 km2 storage lake. Water would be distributed from the lake via a 10 km tunnel and an extensive network of distribution canals directly to irrigators.
Under the proposed scheme, water would be abstracted at a rate of up to 40 cumecs (cubic metres per second) from each of the rivers through 2 intakes on the Waimakariri River and one on the Rakaia.
Central Plains Water Trust has been granted requiring authority status by the Minister for the Environment, enabling it to apply to local councils to ‘designate’ or set aside land that it needs to set up infrastructure.
Latest updates
Submitter response to Holiday Rule condition
Whitewater NZ (pdf 58 kB) - 26 April 2010
Jetstream Tours (pdf 4 kB) - 26 April 2010
Applicant reports on proposed conditions
Applicant reports on proposed conditions can now be viewed on the applicant's evidence page.
Environment Canterbury proposed conditions
Environment Canterbury proposed conditions can be found on the Section 42A reports page.
SDC proposed conditions
SDC proposed conditions can be found on the Section 42A reports page.
Older updates