Appendix C - Part 1
Water allocation - Consent database summaries and comparisons

This appendix is divided into 2 parts

Consent Numbers

The series of figures and tables below present further details on consent numbers described in Section 3.1. 


Figure C-1: Groundwater consent distribution by use Figure C-2: Surface water consent distribution by use

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Table C-1: Consent numbers by region and source

Region Consent numbers (No.)
Groundwater Surface water Storage Total
ARC 1,023 170 88 1,281
EBOP 701 352 7 1,060
ECan 4,994 1,127 65 6,186
ES 816 123 13 952
EW 449 429   878
GDC 84 59 2 145
GWRC 474 204 14 692
HBRC 2,176 255 23 2,454
HRC 386 379   765
MDC 818 590 2 1,410
NCC 9 11 1 21
NRC 249 230 71 550
ORC 554 1,316 109 1,979
TDC 910 311 183 1,404
TRC 87 149 11 247
WCRC 134 320 27 481
Total 13,864 6,025 616 20,505

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Table C-2: Consent numbers by region and primary use

Region Consent numbers (No.)
Drinking Hydro Industrial Irrigation Stock Other Total
ARC 142   174 894 71   1,281
EBOP 66 7 67 913 6 1 1,060
ECan 376 17 258 5,422 113   6,186
ES 63 6 81 89 712 1 952
EW 239 17 184 337 94 7 878
GDC 10   5 130     145
GWRC 52 3 37 585 10 5 692
HBRC 80 9 97 2,265 3   2,454
HRC 100 24 82 400 158 1 765
MDC 116 2 36 1,256     1,410
NCC 7   4 9 1   21
NRC 148 8 37 346 11   550
ORC 288 50 214 1,418 6 3 1,979
TDC 82 8 48 1,263 3   1,404
TRC 37 11 104 79 16   247
WCRC 80 27 337 37     481
Total 1,886 189 1,765 15,443 1,204 18 20,505

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Table C-3: Groundwater consent numbers by region and primary use

Region Drinking Industrial Irrigation Monitoring Not specified Stock Total
ARC 113 146 703     61 1,023
EBOP 43 27 627     4 701
ECan 302 214 4,425     53 4,994
ES 17 43 73     683 816
EW 136 80 157     76 449
GDC 5 5 74       84
GWRC 31 27 408 4 1 3 474
HBRC 62 75 2,037     2 2,176
HRC 51 49 224     62 386
MDC 56 19 743       818
NCC 3 1 5       9
NRC 81 18 144     6 249
ORC 152 90 312       554
TDC 49 31 830       910
TRC 15 53 10     9 87
WCRC 29 95 10       134
Total 1,145 973 10,782 4 1 959 13,864

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Table C-4: Surface water consent numbers by region and primary use

Region Drinking Flood control Hydro Industrial Irrigation Not specified Stock Total
ARC 16     16 131   7 170
EBOP 22   7 36 285   2 352
ECan 68   13 38 948   60 1,127
ES 42 1 5 34 14   27 123
EW 103 7 17 104 180   18 429
GDC 3       56     59
GWRC 21   3 8 165   7 204
HBRC 18   2 22 212   1 255
HRC 49   24 33 176 1 96 379
MDC 60   2 17 511     590
NCC 4     2 4   1 11
NRC 54   8 18 146   4 230
ORC 118 3 33 107 1,049   6 1,316
TDC 33   6 15 254   3 311
TRC 21   6 48 67   7 149
WCRC 46   25 224 25     320
Total 678 11 151 722 4,223 1 239 6,025

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Table C-5: Storage water consent numbers by region and primary use

Region Drinking Flood control Hydro Industrial Irrigation Stock Total
ARC 13     12 60 3 88
EBOP 1 1   4 1   7
ECan 6   4 6 49   65
ES 4   1 4 2 2 13
EW              
GDC 2           2
GWRC       2 12   14
HBRC     7   16   23
HRC              
MDC         2   2
NCC       1     1
NRC 13     1 56 1 71
ORC 18   17 17 57   109
TDC     2 2 179   183
TRC 1   5 3 2   11
WCRC 5   2 18 2   27
Total 63 1 38 70 438 6 616

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Figure C-3: Distribution of groundwater consents

distribution of groundwater consents map of new zealand

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Figure C-4: Distribution of surface water consents

distribution of surface water consents map of new zealand

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Figure C-: Distribution of irrigation consents

districution of irrigation consents map of new zealand

This appendix is divided into 2 parts