Tagged: Water supply

New Zealand captures over 10% of its freshwater resource - Waiology

Waiology • Feb 12, 2015 •

• Water allocation,
• Water supply,
• water use

By Daniel Collins Following a recent Timaru Herald article (3 February, 2015), I learned of a claim that 98% of NZ’s rainfall is left to flow out to sea, and that we only capture the other 2%. ‘‘This country doesn’t have a water shortage issue. What it has is a water storage issue. We capture a mere 2 per cent … Read More

Water storage is not a panacea - Waiology

Waiology • Nov 07, 2011 •

• Drought,
• Environmental flows,
• Federated Farmers,
• Irrigation,
• Water storage,
• Water supply

By Daniel Collins Federated Farmers released their election year manifesto last week. In the press release, President Bruce Wills said: “Water storage represents New Zealand’s strategic ace. Water storage removes the annual lottery all New Zealanders face from La Niña, El Niño or a changing climate. Our rainfall is plentiful but we miss opportunities with most of it washing … Read More