Rakaia irrigation
Sir,—As a non-partisan observer of the Rakaia River irrigation debate, it occurs to me that farmers would be as well served by spray irrigation from groundwater as by further water taken from the rivers. Obviously a border dike system would take many costly years to set up, whereas a well sunk today could be irrigating virtually by tomorrow. Why not then divert that massive Government subsidy needed to fund border dike construction into Gov-ernment-supervised trial bores for groundwater irrigation? (Let the farmers pay only for the ones that strike water.) The farmers would get as much subsidised water as they need and the fish would still have enough river water to negotiate safely. Could someone please explain why this seemingly obvious solution appears to have been overlooked? — Yours, etc.,
S. A- KING. June 12, 1983.
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