Ruamāhanga Water Quantity

Information provided by experts on the Ruamāhanga's water quantity.

The following information on water quantity in the region helps the Committee understand the catchment better:

• Water quantity limits for the major quantity freshwater management units - 24 May 2018 (Table)
  

• Committee recommendations around water allocation - 26 March 2018 (Report)

• Committee recommendations for transitioning to higher minimum flows in the Waipoua River and Upper Ruamahanga River - 26 March 2018 (Report)

• Raising the minimum flow on the Waingawa River-26 March 2018 (Report)

• Options for transitioning to minimum flows and Category A restrictions - 12 March 2018 (Presentation)

• Summarising how changes in minimum flows affect municipal water takes - 19 February 2018 (Report)

• Draft summary of notes from RWC water allocation community meetings-19 February 2018 (Notes)

• Water Allocation wash-up-19 February 2018 (Presentation)

• Notes from RWC follow up meeting with potentially directly affected water users - 5 March 2018 (Notes)
  

• Notes from Ruamāhanga Whaitua Committee meeting with potentially directly affected water users - 14 February 2018 (Notes)
  

• Notes from Ruamāhanga Whaitua Committee meeting with potentially directly affected water users - 12 February 2018 (Notes)

• Notes from Ruamāhanga Whaitua Committee meeting with potentially directly affected water users - 8 February 2018 (Notes)

• Presentation from RWC to potentially directly affected water users at meetings - 8, 12 and 14 February 2018 (Presentation)

• Letter 2 to potentially directly affected water users from RWC - Sent 30 January 2018 (Letter)

• Letter 1 to potentially directly affected water users from RWC - Sent 12 January 2018 (Letter)

• FAQs associated with letter 1 to potentially directly affected water users from RWC - Sent 12 January 2018 (FAQs)

• Narrative summary of minimum flows and allocation limits by river - 25 September 2017 (Report)
  

• Draft preferences for water allocation provisions by major river - 25 September 2017 (Report)
  

• Managing limits - 25 September 2017 (Report)
  

• Draft minimum flow and allocation table - Updated 25 September 2017 (Table)
  

• Water allocation policy package story - 25 September 2017 (Summary)
  

• Re-allocation at consent expiry - 25 September 2017 (Presentation)
  

• Allocating water at consent expiry - 25 September 2017 (Report)

• Managing Category A groundwater, municipal supply and water races at minimum flows - Updated 4 September 2017 (Report)
  

• Progressively implementing water allocation - 4 September 2017 (Report)
  

• Draft minimum flow and allocation table - Updated 4 September 2017 (Table)

• Minimum flows in community water supply and water race rivers - 4 September 2017 (Presentation)

• Reliability summary for Upper Ruamāhanga and Waipoua Rivers - Updated 16 August 2017 (Report)
  

• Reliability summary for Upper Ruamāhanga and Waipoua Rivers - 14 August 2017 (Report)

• Draft minimum flow and allocation table - Updated 14 August 2018 (Table)

• Managing Category A groundwater, municipal supply and water races at minimum flows - 14 August 2017 (Report)
  

• Re-allocation at consent expiry - 14 August 2017 (Presentation)

• Re-allocating water in the Ruamāhanga Whaitua - 31 July 2017 (Report)

• Draft Committee preferences for minimum flows and allocation limits for major Ruamāhanga rivers - 31 July 2017 (Report)
  

• Recommendations for draft policy and rule preferences for PA water takes - 26 June 2017 (Report)
  

• Advice to RWC on permitted activity provisions - 26 June 2017 (Background report)
  

• Summary of initial water allocation modelling results - 12 June 2017 (Report)
  

• Initial water allocation modelling results - 12 June 2017 (Presentation)
  

• Allocation modelling to support RWC decision making - 12 June 2017 (Report)

• Permitted water takes in recent plans (post NPS-FM) - 12 June 2017(Report)

• Additional material for permitted activity discussion - 12 June 2017 (Background report)

• Water quantity limits, by Mike Thompson and Alton Perrie - 22 May 2017 (Presentation)
  

• Glossary of water quantity allocation terminology - 22 May 2017 (Report)
  

• Permitted activities one page summary - 22 May 2017 (Background report)
  

• Modelling river flows - 22 May 2017 (Background report)
  

• Potential water allocation direction two page summary - 1 May 2017 (Background report)
  

• Small stream allocation fieldtrip and workshop one page summary - 27 February 2017(Report)

• Joint presentation by NIWA and Cawthron on small stream allocation - 27 February 2017 (Presentation)
  

• Background memo to small stream allocation fieldtrip - 27 February 2017 (Memo)

• Managed aquifer recharge proposed modelling scenario - 8 November 2016(Report)

• Recommendations on approach to allocation option testing - 25 October 2016(Report)

• Water Wairarapa - Water storage scenario - 19 September 2016(Presentation)

• Water allocation policy at consent expiry/renewal/application – 1 August 2016 (Presentation)

• Confirming the options for testing alternative minimum flow and allocation ‘futures’ – 25 July 2016 (Report)

• Water allocation and minimum flows by Caleb Royal – 25 July 2016(Presentation)

• 'New Water' - 4 July 2016 (Presentation)

• Water allocation concepts - 4 July 2016 (Presentation)

• Modelling Permitted Groundwater Use in the Ruamāhanga Whaitua - 7 June 2016 (Background Information)

• Information on water allocation and minimum flows provided to the Ruamāhanga Whaitua Committee – 7 June 2016 (Report)

• The water allocation framework – 7 June 2016  (Presentation)

• Low flows in the Ruamahanga catchment, by Andy Duncan – 11 May 2016 (Presentation)

• Water allocation concepts - 23 May 2016 (Presentation)

• Re-allocating water - 23 May 2016 (Diagram)

• Concepts for managing water allocation – 23 May 2016 (Report)

• Water allocation issues - 7 March 2016 (Report)

• Water allocation in the Proposed Natural Resources Plan - 7 December 2015 (Presentation)

• Allocating water in the Proposed Natural Resources Plan - 7 December 2015 (Report)

• Water use and allocation - 16 June 2014 (Presentation)

• Water allocation in the Ruamahanga Whaitua – 16 June 2014 (Report)

• Cultural Values for Wairarapa Waterways Report by Caleb Royal – 2011 (Report)