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Appendix 6: Catchments with Allocation to Stock Water

New Zealand Water Bodies of National Importance for Domestic Use and Industrial Use

P A White, B M H Sharp and R R Reeves, Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences

[ Last Updated 17 January 2006 ]

Rank	NIWA catchment number	Catchment name	Council	Allocation m³/week
1	51	Ashburton	CRC	6029332
2	17	Waimakariri	CRC	2111437
3	30	Rakaia	CRC	1028566
4	47	Rangitata	CRC	752415
5	22	Ruamahanga	WRC	692482
6	33		HBRC	502250
7	135		CRC	445520
8	732		CRC	411264
9	199		CRC	222642
10	347		CRC	205506
11	42		CRC	204517
12	21		HBRC	133056
13	35		CRC	106597
14	497		CRC	102760
15	3		CRC	101612
16	835		CRC	51380
17	845		CRC	34230
18	1194		CRC	34230
19	9		ORC	33566
20	321		CRC	25676
21	570		CRC	17115
22	1		ORC	9422
23	2		EW	8827
24	1164		CRC	8561
25	105		ORC	3024
26	45		EW	1890
27	1006		TRC	1400
28	214		ORC	1260
29	436		NRC	875
30	16		HBRC	660
31	265		TRC	455
32	19		NRC	448
33	59		EW	315
34	175		NRC	315
35	7		HMW	294
36	1722		NRC	287
37	800		NRC	280
38	469		NRC	224
39	1054		ARC	175
40	1617		CRC	168
41	362		NRC	105
42	441		ARC	98
43	995		NRC	63
44	643		NRC	35
45	403		ARC	21

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