Beef + Lamb NZ - EiC - J M Chrystal - Agricultural Science (5 Feb 2021) - Appendix 2 [pdf, 3.1 MB]
...current irrigation operations above 90%. Further, it will enable the expansion of irrigated areas by at least 2,000 ha. STIC is currently in the early stages of assessing the viability of the development and sought a high-level assessment of the key environmental issues relating to the scheme. The purpose of this report was to provide an initial assessment of the risks to surface water quality of the irrigation development under a variety of land management scenarios and soil types...