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Groundwater allocation summary
View all groundwater allocation zones and their current limit and status. This information was last updated 8 March 2010.
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
646.70
1.55
11.23
79.48
98%
114%
Ashburton-Lyndhurst
126.6
127.15
1.53
8.58
137.26
102%
108%
Ashley
29.4
19.63
0.00
0.89
20.52
67%
70%
Chertsey
112.4
119.22
0.00
12.91
132.12
106%
118%
Culverden
109.2
30.70
0.80
2.71
34.21
29%
31%
Cust
56.3
15.30
0.00
0.70
16.00
27%
28%
Eyre
81.3
77.73
1.04
15.99
94.76
97%
117%
Fairlie
37.0
4.36
0.00
0.00
4.36
12%
12%
Hakataramea
Allocation now covered within the
Waitaki Plan
Hanmer
16
2.61
0.00
0.86
3.47
16%
22%
Kaikoura Kowhai
19.2
1.88
0.00
0.00
1.88
10%
10%
Kaikoura Mt Fyffe
10.1
4.12
0.00
0.00
4.12
41%
41%
Kowai
17.4
5.55
0.00
0.07
5.61
32%
32%
Levels Plain
32.9
25.23
0.02
0.00
25.25
77%
77%
Loburn Fan
40.8
0.79
0.00
0.00
0.79
2%
2%
MacKenzie
Allocation now covered within the
Waitaki Plan
Makikihi
18.05
17.59
0.47
0.00
18.06
100%
100%
Mayfield-Hinds
148
124.44
1.20
6.12
131.76
85%
89%
Orari-Opihi
71.1
69.22
1.17
0.84
71.22
99%
100%
Otaio
4.93
4.76
0.00
0.00
4.76
97%
97%
Pareora
9.38
9.79
0.00
0.54
10..34
104%
110%
Parnassus
12.8
5.73
0.04
0.00
5.77
45%
45%
Rakaia-Selwyn
215
246.75
0.6
2.26
249.61
115%
116%
Rangitata-Orton
42.5
43.99
0.00
2.85
46.84
104%
110%
Selwyn-Waimakariri
121.3
140.08
19.26
2.91
162.24
131%
134%
Valetta
96.6
106.93
0.00
29.90
136.84
111%
142%
Hook
2.49
2.87
0.00
0.80
3.67
115%
148%
Waimate
8.18
7.49
0.00
0.92
8.40
92%
103%
Waihao
7.73
2.93
0.34
0.00
2.96
38%
38%
Waipara
10.7
9.68
0.23
0.12
10.03
93%
94%
Waitaki
Allocation now covered within the
Waitaki Plan
or in new Whitneys Creek allocation
Whitneys Creek
15.44
0.27
0.00
0.00
0.27
2%
2%
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