Irrigated Land Area

Find out the Canterbury Water targets for irrigated land area.

	From 2010	By 2015	By 2020	By 2040
GENERAL	No reduction in irrigated land and overall reliability.	Design, timetable, cost and stage a system of regionally distributed water infrastructure for the storage and distribution of reliable water for all irrigated land, aligned with the Strategy’s principles and targets. Decide mechanisms for funding infrastructure and operation of the Strategy. Start on infrastructure (or reconfiguring existing consents) to facilitate efficiency improvements (linked to the regional storage plan). Specify for each zone the infrastructure requirements consistent with the principles and targets of the strategy. Increase the area of irrigated land and/or the reliability of irrigation.	•Have started construction of regional storage and improved reliability for at least 50% of irrigated land. Have started construction of infrastructure identified in zonal implementation plans.	Have achieved a substantial increase in the reliability of supply and the area of irrigated land, which has high standards of riparian, nutrient, and water-use management, consistent with the principles of the Strategy. An indicative target is 850,000 hectares of irrigated land with 95% reliability. Improved reliability of supply for all irrigated land.