Flow requirements for the Piako River

The objective of this report is to develop recommended options for setting limits on water use in the Piako catchment, based on the information provided in the NIWA reports and subsequent monitoring. This report is primarily intended to support limit setting for abstractive water use. Changes to high flows (e.g. from water storage and river regulation) are not covered. Run of river takes typically do not have the capacity to alter high flows, and the impacts of dams and water harvesting are covered by other rules in the plan.