Canterbury Plantout 2013
Registrations are now open for this year's Plantout Event. Visit the TAK website for more details on how to register, and download the flyer here. Initiated and led by Te Ara Kakariki, with help from [...]
WET Trust Meeting – July 22nd, 2013
The next WET Trust meeting will be held on: Monday July 22nd, 6.30pm Lincoln Events Centre (Habgood Lounge) All welcome
Lake Level – update June 30th, 2013
Update for Sunday June 30th The lake was opened to the sea at 11.15am on Saturday June 29th with the swell easing. On Sunday June 30th ECan reported that the cut had developed well and [...]
Highest recorded lake level since 1941
Following an exceptionally wet few days, when some people reported rainfalls of around 200mm in the lower catchment, the level of Te Waihora/Lake Ellesmere reached 1.77msl at Taumutu on June 25th, 2013. This was the [...]
Opening the Lake
Opening the lake to the sea to manage the lake level is challenging for the ECan engineers, who create a channel using heavy machinery. These photos are from June 26th, 2013 when the lake was [...]
South Island Dairy Event 2013
WET had a small display at the recent South Island Dairy Event (SIDE) held at Lincoln University on June 24 - 26. We featured some information about sustainable drain management. WET Chair Hamish [...]