Irrigation improvement
Approval for improving the; Levels Plains Irrigation j ■ Scheme north of Timaru will,! be recommended to the I 'Government by the Water, Resources Council. The improvements would cost about $1,2 million. The existing scheme was built bejtween 1935 and 1937. It is; inefficient, has rising upkeep costs, and is deteriorating. I The Government would bej able to approve the writingoff of all or part of the deficit I
[the scheme has built up; (once the improvement was! (finished. j The council has proposed .that the improved scheme be brought under the Amendment to the Public Works Act, 1975, so that the scheme could be clearly designated, I the water-rating system precisely delineated, and the onifarm and off-farm work [could become eligible for, 'Government grants.
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Press, 27 December 1979, Page 3
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