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This application seeks to take surface water from the Albert Burn, Schoolhouse Creek and Clutha River/Mata-Au (Clutha River) for the purposes of irrigation, stocking drinking water and frost fighting at the rates indicated in Table 1 below. A description of each water take is provided below.
Water body |
Rate of take (L/s) |
Monthly Volume (m3/month) |
Annual Volume (m3/year) |
Albert Burn |
103 (with supplementary allocation of 47 L/s when Albert Burn flows >224 L/s) |
270,684* |
3,248,208* |
Schoolhouse Creek |
31.5 |
82,782* |
993,384* |
Clutha River |
273 |
717,444* |
8,609,328* |
Total |
696,015 |
3,648,348 |
*denotes the theoretical maximum based on constant taking at the proposed rate.
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