Appendix 10: Estimated Economic Value of Domestic Water Allocated from Surface Catchments for the 100 Catchments of Largest Value

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	Economic value $million/yr
1	2	Waikato	EW+ARC	3770908	54
2	1	Clutha	ORC	1140269	22
3	275	Wairoa	ARC	853705	15
4	147	Hutt	WRC	700700	12
5	726	Waipapa	NRC	616896	11
6	860	Huia	ARC	298376	11
7	902	Nihotupu	ARC	254218	10
8	9	Taieri	ORC	449898	9
9	30	Rakaia	CRC	464841	8
10	72	Kaituna	EBOP	423042	8
11	377	Waiwhakaiho	TRC	423360	7
12	435	Kerekere	NRC	413896	7
13	45	Waihou	EW	383356	7
14	414	Waimapu	EBOP	381871	7
15	20	Oreti	SRC	378000	7
16	22	Ruamahanga	WRC	350141	6
17	19	Wairoa	NRC	346073	6
18	3	Waitaki	CRC	268005	6
19	494	Kopurererua	EBOP	260911	5
20	328	Ohau	HMW	199500	4
21	381		WRC	191100	3
22	469		NRC	173124	3
23	445		WRC	159250	3
24	116		EBOP	151109	3
25	368		TRC	142100	3
26	48		EBOP	140350	2
27	164		CRC	135604	2
28	389		EW	134498	2
29	7		HMW+HBRC	131033	2
30	126		NCC+TDC	125160	2
31	16		HBRC	124005	2
32	643		NRC	112161	2
33	515		ARC	104821	2
34	5		HMW	100303	2
35	35		CRC	94413	2
36	728		EBOP	91637	2
37	14		WCRC	85765	2
38	300		NRC	81200	1
39	78		TRC	74368	1
40	51	Ashburton	CRC	73976	1
41	84		WCRC	69658	1
42	609		TRC	69299	1
43	17		CRC	69048	1
44	621		NRC	63532	1
45	86		TRC	59479	1
46	54		MDC	58750	1
47	542		NRC	57092	1
48	1062		CRC	52010	1
49	520		EW	51261	1
50	509		HMW	50400	1
51	608		ARC	49716	1
52	15		HMW	46060	1
53	200		NRC	45500	1
54	523		NCC	39462	1
55	6		WCRC	39312	1
56	23		CRC	37987	1
57	744		EBOP	36875	1
58	287		TRC	35672	1
59	552		WCRC	35078	1
60	4		SRC	34614	1
61	105		ORC	32242	1
62	243		EBOP	32200	1
63	0		EW	29617	1
64	682		TRC	28000	0
65	11		SRC	27377	0
66	220		NRC	27370	0
67	31		CRC	26166	0
68	595		TRC	25550	0
69	0		WCRC	23079	0
70	0		SRC	21588	0
71	1003		MDC	20566	0
72	203		ORC	19320	0
73	590		ORC	17325	0
74	1899		TRC	16100	0
75	448		CRC	16030	0
76	0		ORC	15430	0
77	1477		EW	15120	0
78	42		CRC	14140	0
79	658		TRC	13300	0
80	175		NRC	12600	0
81	747		EW	12600	0
82	199		CRC	12481	0
83	55		SRC	12365	0
84	1486		WRC	11374	0
85	441		ARC	11200	0
86	272		ARC	9709	0
87	954		NCC	9646	0
88	384		EW	8876	0
89	44		HMW	8400	0
90	1245		EW	8400	0
91	109		TDC	8128	0
92	157		HMW	7728	0
93	41		TDC	7560	0
94	133		CRC	7259	0
95	847		HBRC	7024	0
96	484		EW	7000	0
97	676		TRC	7000	0
98	273		ORC	6905	0
99	1665		NCC	6653	0
100	163		ORC	6577	0

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