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Flood Alert - Hinds to Halswell + Kaikoura

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Rainfall and Coastal Swell Alert

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Area: South Canterbury

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This message was posted on Thursday 20 June 2013 at 9am.

Rainfall situation

Up to 130mm of rain fell in the South Canterbury and Waitaki Valley foothills and plains from early Sunday 16 June to late Monday.
All foothill rivers in the area peaked on Monday afternoon and flows have dropped.

ECan staff are assessing the damage to the river systems and stopbanks. Stopbank breaches on the Lower Waihao River have reduced considerably the flood carrying capacity of this river. Other rivers may also have suffered damage.

Overnight Wednesday (19th) and into Thursday (20th) some rain has continued to fall in South Canterbury with most coastal raingauges recording between 15mm - 40mm. This rain has been steady but with only low to moderate intensity. Further back in the catchments (above 200 - 300m elevation) this precipitation is mostly falling as snow.

Due to the saturated ground conditions, the continuing rainfall will cause rapid increases in the flows of small streams, creeks and drains on the plains as well as general ponding in lower lying areas. Water on roads and their margins will also be common and motorists need to take care.

The presence of snow higher in the catchments should limit the flows of the larger foothill rivers and ECan doesn't anticipate any problems with flooding from these rivers, but all farmers adjacent to rivers are advised to continue to check their own situation as even modest amounts of rain, in the lower catchment may result in a some rise in river levels.

Coastal Swell Warning

The metservice has also issued a swell warning for the coastal area from the Waitaki River to Banks Peninsula. The forecast is for southerly swells up to 5m overnight Thursday/Friday with high swells continuing through the weekend. These swells coincide with a period of higher then usual high tides (perigean tides). Landowners adjacent to the coast need to monitor their situation and stock or equipment in low-lying coastal areas should be moved.

Timaru high tide times over the weekend are: Friday 0030hrs & 1300 hrs. Saturday 01:30hrs and 1400hrs and Sunday 0220hrs & 1450hrs.

This message will updated if the situation changes significantly.

Website links:

http://ecan.govt.nz/services/online-services/monitoring/river-flows/Pages/River-flows-south.aspx

http://ecan.govt.nz/services/online-services/monitoring/rainfall/Pages/rainfall-south-canterbury.aspx

Consent Median Timeframes

Find out how many consent applications are in process at Environment Canterbury, including totals for different activity types

The following figures are provided as a guide to resource consent applicants on the likely timeframe for processing consent applications for certain activities. The figures show the median number of working days between the receipt of an application and the decision on the application for non-notified, limited notified, and publicly notified consent applications within Canterbury over the past 6 months. Median timeframes have been given for each activity type that has had 5 or more decisions on applications in the past 6 months. Activities that have not had 5 or more decisions in the past 6 months are not shown below.

In the past 6 months Environment Canterbury has receipted 1180 Applications and decided 1184 Applications.

At present there are 772 applications in process.

NOTE: These figures are an approximation only and do not indicate future processing timeframes.

ActivityType	Non-Notified (Working Days)	Limited Notification (Working Days)	Public Notification (Working Days)
Dam Surface Water	40		181
Deposit Substance	36		100
Discharge To Air - Large Scale Burner	25	52	715
Discharge To Air - Other	45	52	637
Discharge To Air - Small Scale Burner	16
Discharge To Land - Animal Effluent	47
Discharge To Land - Human Effluent	15
Discharge To Land - Other	46	434	434
Discharge To Land - Stormwater	41	434	543
Disturb Foreshore or Seabed	37
Disturb or Excavate Bed	32		527
Disturb or Excavate Land	36		434
Disturb Plants or Habitats	29		434
Divert Surface Water	50	434	434
Excavate Gravel	21
Farming	37
Install Bore or Gallery	12	15
Introduce Plants	31
Occupy	37
Reclaim or Drain	108
Structure	29	300	307
Structure Haz Substance	45		560
Structure Other	37
Take Groundwater	55	319
Take Surface Water	65		322
To Water - Contam or Water	35	434	434
To Water - Stormwater	54	434	480
Use Groundwater	31	22
Use Land	43
Use Surface Water	44		251