Appendix 9: Aquifers with Allocation for Industry

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	GNS aquifer name	Council	Allocation (m³/week)
1	Heretaunga Plains	HBRC	1046899
2	Christchurch-West Melton	CRC	861428
3	Upper Wairau Valley	MDC	481090
4	Central Plains	CRC	411125
5	Coromandel volcanic	EW	380849
6	Rakaia-Ashburton plains	CRC	291711
7	Manawatu	HMW	282548
8	Rangitata-Levels plains	CRC	236135
9	Lower Waikato Groundwater	EW	209580
10	Tauranga Group sediments	EW	193529
11	NULLaquifer	ORC	172330
12	Hinuera Formation	EW	148190
13	Grey River	WCRC	138569
14	Hamilton Basin Groundwater	EW	136528
15	Seven Mile Creek	WCRC	120960
16	Auckland volcanics	ARC	115955
17	Hutt	WRC	102297
18	Taupo sand	EW	91000
19	Jacobs River	WCRC	90720
20	Coastal aquifers	SRC	90440
21	Wanganui	HMW	89523
22	Ashley Downs	CRC	86774
23	South Canterbury	CRC	82579
24	West Coast alluvial	WCRC	79182
25	S Hamilton Basin Groundwater	EW	70000
26	Greywacke	ARC	66956
27	Tauranga Group sediments	ARC	65751
28	Tararua	HMW	61544
29	Whakamuru Ignimbrites	EW	60998
30	Buller River	WCRC	55692
31	Takaka Valley Gravel	TDC	55345
32	Fagan Creek	WCRC	54432
33	Taramakau River	WCRC	41300
34	Wairarapa	WRC	31872
35	Bluff groundwater	SRC	31822
36	Havelock Aquifer	MDC	31500
37	Not Defined	ARC	29617
38	Upper Confined	TDC	23709
39	Coastal	HMW	22337
40	Central Otago	ORC	21698
41	Waitemata Formation	ARC	19923
42	Raumati-Paekakariki	WRC	19118
43	South Auckland volcanics	EW	16149
44	East Coastal groundwater	NRC	14553
45	Small West Coast	EW	14000
46	Parnassus Basin	CRC	13608
47	New River	WCRC	13496
48	Whangaehu River	HMW	13104
49	Lower Taieri Plain - East and West	ORC	12319
50	Waihi Beach Rhyolite	EBOP	11158
51	Rangitaiki Plains (assumes shallow system)	EBOP	10500
52	Ashburton-Rangitata plains	CRC	9981
53	Takaka Limestone	TDC	9656
54	Moeraki River	WCRC	9072
55	Ruataniwha Plains	HBRC	8289
56	Whenuakura Formation	TRC	6500
57	Galatea Basin	EBOP	6300
58	Taranaki Volcanic	TRC	5880
59	Benmorven	MDC	5187
60	Other Wellington groundwater	WRC	4846
61	Te Hapara sand	GDC	4795
62	Rotorua GW	EBOP	4214
63	Arthur Marble	TDC	4032
64	Lower Clutha Plain	ORC	3710
65	Sandstone	ARC	3640
66	Waitaki Groundwater	CRC	3216
67	Esk Valley	HBRC	3200
68	Tauranga Harbour GW	EBOP	3185
69	Waiteariki Ignimbrite	EBOP	3108
70	Auckland coastal aquifers	EW	2849
71	Auckland coastal aquifers	ARC	2709
72	Westland groundwater	TDC	2676
73	Totara River	WCRC	2520
74	Mamaku Plateau	EBOP	2233
75	Timaru-Waimate GW	CRC	2016
76	Marahau River	TDC	1282
77	Otorohanga and Orahiri limestone	EW	1120
78	Karamea River	WCRC	1040
79	Waiau Groundwater	CRC	865
80	Opotiki	EBOP	840
81	Aupouri	NRC	840
82	Matarau	NRC	756
83	Strath Taieri Basin	ORC	756
84	Waiotama/nepu gw	NRC	560
85	South East Ruahine	HMW	497
86	South Auckland volcanics	ARC	490
87	Kaikohe	NRC	210
88	Volcanic	ARC	210
89	Aorere Gravel	TDC	100
90	Banks Peninsula	CRC	81
91	Nuhaka coastal	HBRC	57
92	Te Anau groundwater	SRC	40
93	Maniototo Basin	ORC	37
94	Mimihau groundwater	SRC	15

Note: Multiple aquifer listings occur where more than one council allocates water from one aquifer. Multiple aquifer names occur where different aquifers are given the same name in more than on region e.g. "coastal" aquifer occurs in the Manawatu-Wanganui region and the Wellington region.

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