Background and Pre-Feasibility Study reports

A Pre-Feasibility Study has been completed and the reports it involved are below:

• Click here to read a summary of the Pre-Feasibility Study

The links below are to the background reports which led to the decision to carry out a Pre-Feasibility Study:

• Click here to read the Stage 1 (Land) report
• Click here to read the Stage 2 (Hydrology) report
• Click here to read the Stage 3a (High Level Options) report

The links below are to the various reports which make up the full Pre-Feasibility Study:

• Milestone 3-D (Implications of a ‘Do Minimum’ Option)
• Milestone 4-E (Manuherikia Valley Detailed Hydrology)
• Appendix (Manuherikia Valley Detailed Hydrology)
• Milestone 4-E (Manor Burn Detailed Hydrology)
• Milestone 4-F (Falls Dam Engineering)
• Milestone 5-H (Upper Manuherikia Valley Distribution)
• Milestone 5-K and 5-L (Lower Manuherikia Valley Distribution)
• Milestone 5-I (Hope Creek Dam Distribution)
• Milestone 6-M (On-Farm Development Options and Costs)
• Milestone 6-N (On-Farm Affordability)
• Milestone 7-O (Planning Issues)
• Milestone 8-P (Flow Regime and Water Quality Impacts)
• Milestone 8-Q (Environmental Impacts)
• Milestone 8-R (Climate Change)

Historical Studies

The Manuherikia Catchment has been extensively studied over the last 150 year plus. Numerous reports have been written. These historical reports provide:

1. Insight into why certain infrastructure decisions were made, and what other options were considered at the time;
2. A record of dam material and construction methods;
3. Challenges with the existing infrastructure and ideas for improvement;
4. Numerous ideas on new development options; and
5. Hydrological data extending back over 100 years;

This historical information is very important for the current study. These reports contain a multi-generation wealth of knowledge. Putting the current study in a historical context should also help the community to make development decisions that may well affect the region’s water resources for the next 100 years.

Other

• Community Proposition
• RFP Clarification Document