✨ Water Conservation Order
23 JUNE 2006
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE, No. 65
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(b) accordance with subclause (9) are being fully exercised;
and
(b) the Rangitata River flow never exceeds 110 m³/s at Klondyke.
(7) No resource consent may be granted or rule included in a regional plan that will cause, either by itself or in combination with other existing consents (including any and all calculated river depletion effects resulting from the taking of water from hydraulically connected groundwater sources as calculated in accordance with subclause (9)) or rules, reduction of the naturally occurring instantaneous flow in McKinnons Creek at Wallaces Bridge (map reference NZMS 260 K38:887716) below a minimum flow of 300 l/s.
(8) The restrictions in subclauses (3) to (6) do not apply in respect of any waters specified in item 3 of Schedule 3 that are not hydraulically connected to the Rangitata River or its tributaries.
(9) If the calculated river depletion effect-
(a) from groundwater abstraction is equal or greater than 90% of the bore pump rate after seven days continuous steady pumping, then:
(i) it shall be managed as though it is a surface water abstraction; and
(ii) the maximum instantaneous pumping rate from the bore shall be included in the surface water allocation total.
(b) from groundwater abstraction is less than 90% of the bore pump rate after seven days continuous steady pumping but greater than or equal to 50% of the bore pump rate after 150 days continuous steady pumping, then:
(i) it shall be managed so that any calculated river depletion effect which is greater than 5 l/s is subject to surface water allocation rules; and
(ii) the effect on river flow after 150 days of pumping at the continuous rate required to deliver the seasonal volume shall be included in the surface water allocation total.
(c) is less than 50% but greater than or equal to 25% of the pump rate after 150 days continuous steady pumping, then:
(i) the abstraction should not be subject to any surface water restriction rules; and
(ii) the effect on river flow after 150 days of pumping at the continuous rate required to deliver the seasonal volume shall be included in the surface water allocation total for those consents where the effect is greater than 5 l/s.
(10) The restrictions in subclauses (3) to (5) do not apply in respect of a take of water for the purpose of a fish bypass system and which is discharged back into the Rangitata River within 2500 metres downstream of the point of abstraction.
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