Update of water allocation data and estimate of actual water use of consented takes
Table 4-2: Consented irrigated areas by crop type
| Region | Consented area (ha) |
% of total area |
Arable (%) |
Forestry (%) |
Horticulture (%) |
Nursery (%) |
Orchards (%) |
Pasture (%) |
Recreational (%) |
Viticulture (%) |
Other/unspecified (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARC | 6,264 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 66.7 | 0 | 3.4 | 18.5 | 11.5 | 0 | 0 |
| EBOP | 16,222 | 1.5 | 0 | 0 | 53.4 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 1.2 | 0 | 1.4 |
| ECan | 680,128 | 63.2 | 4.6 | 0 | 7.8 | 0 | 0 | 86.8 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| ES | 9,819 | 0.9 | 0.2 | 0 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 93.6 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 |
| EW | 14,083 | 1.3 | 0 | 0 | 28.5 | 0 | 0 | 68.9 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 |
| GDC | 3,925 | 0.4 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GWRC | 16,631 | 1.5 | 3.3 | 0 | 3.4 | 0.1 | 0 | 78.7 | 4.8 | 5.7 | 4 |
| HBRC | 47,157 | 4.4 | 0 | 0 | 52.6 | 0.3 | 0 | 32.1 | 0.6 | 14.4 | 0 |
| HRC | 20,891 | 1.9 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 74.7 | 3.1 | 0 | 2.2 |
| MDC | 54,991 | 5.1 | 0 | 0 | 11.1 | 0 | 0 | 18.8 | 0.2 | 62 | 8 |
| NCC | 28 | 0.003 | 0 | 0 | 95.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.5 | 0 | 3.3 |
| NRC | 14,394 | 1.3 | 0.2 | 0 | 33.5 | 0 | 0 | 27.2 | 0 | 0 | 39.1 |
| ORC | 167,739 | 15.6 | 3 | 0 | 15.6 | 0 | 0 | 79.1 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 |
| TDC | 16,721 | 1.6 | 0 | 0 | 43.2 | 0 | 0 | 52.9 | 0 | 3.4 | 0.5 |
| TRC | 3,367 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0 | 97.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| WCRC | 4,143 | 0.4 | 47.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 52.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 1,076,502 |
100 | 4 | 0 | 13.4 | 0 | 0 | 76.4 | 0.4 | 4.5 | 1.3 |
Last updated: 4 November 2010
