High-flow harvesting

Competing demands for water pose a challenge for environmental managers. Using water for irrigation, industry, and domestic purposes generates important human health and economic benefits, but water abstraction also alters the magnitude and timing of river flows with potentially harmful environmental consequences.

Envirolink funded literature review report on the potential environmental impacts of high flow harvesting in New Zealand.
Published: 18 Aug 2023
Aqua Intel Aotearoa funded report that assesses the effects of high flow harvesting allocation rules on river flows in Northland and Gisborne.
Published: 18 Aug 2023
Non-technical summary on the potential environmental impacts of high flow harvesting, and the effects on of high flow harvesting allocation rules on river flows.
Published: 18 Aug 2023