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Groundwater allocation summary
View all groundwater allocation zones and their current limit and status. This information was last updated 26 September 2011.
Zone
Allocation Limit
(million m
3
/yr)
Effective Allocation
(million m
3
/yr)
Zone Status
Current
Decided
In Process
Total
Current & Decided
In Process
Ashburton River
69.5
74.333
2.852
0
77.185
111%
111%
Ashburton-Lyndhurst
126.60
133.548
0.0
0.488
134.036
105%
106%
Ashley
29.4
21.467
0
0
21.467
73%
73%
Chertsey
112.4
120.389
1.608
12.013
134.01
109%
119%
Culverden
109.2
32.711
0
2.625
35.336
30%
32%
Cust
56.3
16.149
0
0.755
16.904
29%
30%
Eyre
81.3
80.238
0
14.547
94.785
99%
117%
Fairlie
37.0
4.575
0
0.01
4.586
12%
12%
Hakataramea
Allocation now covered within the
Waitaki Plan
Hanmer
16
2.605
0
0.864
3.469
16%
22%
Kaikoura Kowhai
10.1
1.879
0
0
1.879
19%
19%
Kaikoura Mt Fyffe
19.2
4.19
0
0
4.190
22%
22%
Kowai
17.4
5.557
0
0
5.557
32%
32%
Levels Plain
32.9
25.403
0
0
25.403
77%
77%
Loburn Fan
40.8
0.635
0
0
0.635
2%
2%
MacKenzie
Allocation now covered within the
Waitaki Plan
Makikihi
18.05
18.063
0
0
18.063
100%
100%
Mayfield-Hinds
148
119.135
0
2
121.135
80%
82%
Orari-Opihi
71.1
69.907
0
00
69.907
98%
98%
Otaio
4.93
4.764
0
0
4.764
97%
97%
Pareora
9.38
9.793
0
0.544
10.338
104%
110%
Parnassus
12.8
5.491
0
0
5.491
43%
43%
Rakaia-Selwyn
215
156.804
154.781
0.986
312.571
145%
145%
Rangitata-Orton
42.5
43.973
0
0.813
44.786
103%
105%
Selwyn-Waimakariri
121.3
162.472
0.798
0.107
163.378
135%
135%
Valetta
96.6
122.787
9.57
1.245
133.602
137%
138%
Hook
2.49
3.058
0
0.518
3.576
123%
144%
Waimate
8.18
8.111
0
0
8.111
99%
99%
Waihao
7.73
2.823
0
0
2.823
37%
37%
Waipara
10.70
10.194
0
0.445
10.639
95%
99%
Waitaki
Allocation now covered within the
Waitaki Plan
or in new Whitneys Creek allocation
Whitneys Creek
15.44
0.274
0
0
0.274
2%
2%
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