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Marlborough region

Surface Water Zone: Clarence River

The Clarence is the largest river in South Marlborough and management is shared between the Marlborough District Council and Environment Canterbury.  MDC administer the middle section, including the Acheron catchment, while ECan administers the lower secrtion and the upper section above the Acheron confluence. There is minimal demand for water within the Marlborough section of the catchment.

Clarence River

The Clarence River has a catchment area of about 3300 km2, sandwiched between the Inland and Seaward Kaikoura ranges.  Most of the upper reaches are within Molesworth Station.  It is a high energy river and guided rafting is a popular tourist activity in the mid-lower reaches.

Acheron River

The Acheron River is the largest tributary of the Clarence River. It flows south through Molesworth Station and is flanked by mountain ranges up to 2000 metres high. The Acheron River is about 60 km long, and has a catchment area of nearly 1000 km2. Major tributaries include the Saxton, Alma and Guide Rivers.  

 

Water Use
Surface Water in this Zone

Regional councils collect information about how much water is available and manage resource consents for those wishing to take water from rivers and streams. Use the buttons below to view information on: how much water is available, where it comes from and how its used.

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  • How much surface water is there in this zone?

    Rainfall and flow in this surface water zone

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    Rainfall and runoff

    Relative breakdown Source Volume
    Rainfall total:
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    Runoff total:
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    The table above shows the average amount of rainfall the water management zone receives each year and how much of that flows out to sea. These are approximate figures only.

    he Total Runoff value for this zone is the amount of water that exits Marlborough Region and enters the Canterbury region rather than the total run-off to the sea.

  • Water consents: How much water is consented and used?

    Surface water available to consent

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    Consented water in this surface water zone

    Use the tables below to look at how much water is available compared with how much is actually consented within this water management zone. Click the plus to expand subzones where available

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    Comparing consents and use
    Amount available to consent In this surface water management zone:
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    available to consent
    Amount consented
    measured and non measured
    Amount used (measured)
    Amount Units Consented or used as a percentage of available
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    Total consented and measured {{item.data.totalMeasured.amount}} {{item.data.totalMeasured.amount}} {{item.data.totalAvailableUnits}} {{item.data.totalMeasured.percentText}}
    Total measured amount used {{item.data.totalAmountUsed.amount}} {{item.data.totalAvailableUnits}} {{item.data.totalAmountUsed.percentText}}
    Total measured volume used {{item.data.totalAnnualVolumeUsed}} {{item.data.totalAnnualVolumeUnits}}

    The table above shows the amount of water that is available for use compared to the amount that has been consented. The ‘Total Consented’ and ‘Total Consented and Measured’ fields are based on percentages of the ‘Total available to Consent’ field. If this field is not populated no data will be displayed. Some consents require actual use to be monitored and this is presented as 'Total measured volume Used' where available.

    Values for water availability in this zone have not yet been provided. Marlborough District Council will be notifying a new Regional Plan later this year that will contain proposed allocation limits.  When this Plan is notified the proposed limits will be used to update the empty fields

  • Water consents: How is consented water used?

    Consents by use in this surface water zone

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    Consented water

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    Relative breakdown
    Activity Percentage of total consented Total volume Number of consents
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    Total {{waterUsage.total.percentageConsented}}% {{waterUsage.total.totalVolume}} m3 {{waterUsage.total.numberOfConsents}}

    The above table shows the proportion of water consented for irrigation, industrial, stock, town supply and other. It excludes hydro electricity. In this region/management zone {{hydroUsage.totalVolume}} m3/year is consented for hydro-electricity and makes up {{hydroUsage.percentageConsented}}% of the total water volume consented for this region/management zone

    It excludes stock water as the taking of stock water in Marlborough is a permitted activity and a resource consent is not required or issued for this activity.

    The town supply activity total includes council operated schemes in both urban and rural settings as well as private communal rural schemes.

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