Hurunui Water Project – Waitohi proposal

The Hurunui Water Project Ltd (HWP) propose to develop a series of four water storage dams on the Waitohi River to provide for a community irrigation scheme to irrigate 58,500 ha of land in the Hurunui, Waipara and Kowai catchments. The dams are to be located at Hurricane Gully; Seven Hills; Inches Road and in the Lower Gorge.

A combination of run-of-river and stored water is proposed to meet irrigation demand in these areas. The applicant proposes that run-of-river water taken directly from the Hurunui River to be the predominant supply of water to the distribution network at times when it is available. When this water is not available, they intend water stored in the Waitohi River catchment to be released from the four dams to meet the irrigation demand and provide hydro-electricity generation capability. Water stored within the dams will be sourced from both the Hurunui and the Waitohi Rivers.

The resource consents sought under this proposal are specified applications under the Hurunui Waiau catchment moratorium. While the moratorium was lifted on 2nd October 2011 and specified applications can be received by Environment Canterbury, they cannot be processed until 2 April 2012. This is in accordance with Section 37(3) of the Environment Canterbury (Temporary Commissioners and Improved Water Management) Act 2010. HWP’s applications will subsequently be held until 2 April 2012, at which stage processing will begin.

All enquiries regarding this proposal should be directed to HWP, attention Amanda Loeffen ph 03 378 3524 or info@hurunuiwater.co.nz

Application documents

Part A - Resource Consent Application (313kB)

Part B - Assessment of Environmental Effects (2.69kB)

Appendices to Part B

These documents have been broken up into smaller parts for faster download.

Appendix B - Assessment of Hydrology Stage 1 (440 kB)

Appendices:

• Appendix A - Figures – Environmental (3.2 MB)
• Appendix B - Water Abstractions in the Hurunui Catchment (100 kB)
• Appendix C - Information on Recorder Sites (42 kB)
• Appendix D - Regression Waitohi River (5.7 MB)
• Appendix E - Lake Level Plots (398 kB)
• Appendix F - Hurunui River Hydrological Plots – Downstream of Existing Balmoral Intake (436 kB)
• Appendix G - Waitohi River Hydrological Plots –Downstream of Inches Road Reservoir (440 kB)
• Appendix H - Reliability (384 kB)

Appendix C - Assessment of Hyrdrology Stage 2 (663 kB)

• Appendix A - Figures – Environmental (3.2 MB)
• Appendices B-J (3.72 MB)

Appendix D - Potential Groundwater Effects (7.47 MB)

• Assessment of Environmental Effects: Groundwater Quantity and Groundwater Quality Assessment for the Hurunui Water Project (3.38 MB)

Appendix E - Assessment of Sediment Transport Effects (358 kB)

Appendix F - Assessment of Ecological Values and Effects - Ecology Technical Report (2.2 MB)

• Additional Ecological Information - Aquatic Ecology Responses (395 kB)
• Appendix 1: Maps and figures (4.67 MB)

Appendix G - Engineering Report (338 kB)

• Appendices A and B (1.86 MB)
• Appendix C (6.47 MB)

Appendix H - Assessment of Landscape and Visual Effects (3.53 MB)

Landscape sheets 1-13:

• Cover (556 kB)
• Sheet 1 (3.8 MB)
• Sheet 2 (3.3 MB)
• Sheet 3 (1.20 MB)
• Sheet 4 (2.97 MB)
• Sheet 5 (1.32 MB)
• Sheet 6 (2.56 MB)
• Sheet 7 (1.13 MB)
• Sheet 8 (1.02 MB)
• Sheet 9 (3.17 MB)
• Sheet 10 (1.32 MB)
• Sheet 11 (1.05 MB)
• Sheet 12 (2.38 MB)
• Sheet 13 (1.27 MB)

Appendix I - Economic Impacts (356 kB)

Appendix J - Tourism and Recreational Review (3.68 MB)

Appendix K - Cultural Impact Assessment (4.61 MB)

Appendix L - Archaeology Assessment (1.31 MB)

Appendix M - Intrastructure Development Plan (510 kB)

• Appendices to infrastructure development plan (4.07 MB)
• Appendix D3 (1.01 MB)

Appendix N - Consultation Report (2.32 MB)