River report
The condition of Canterbury rivers as reported by the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society are: Waiau: milky, fishable, Hurunui: slightly milky, fishable, Ashley: clear and fishable, Waimakariri mouth: slightly milky, marginal, gorge: slightly milky,
fishable, Selwyn: clear, fishable with green lake water encroaching up-river, Rakaia mouth: discoloured, not fishable, gorge: slightly discoloured and fishable. All flows, supplied by the North Canterbury Catchment Board, are in cubic metres per second.
River Rakaia: gorge Week Week-end Sun 285 Wed 298 norm. 217 prospect high/fall Selwyn: Whitecliffs 2.2 1.8 2.5 low/fall Waimak: Old h/way br. 128 125 88 med/fall Hurunui: Mandamus 38 44 35 med/fall Waiau: Marble Pt 114 85 91 mel/fall
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Press, 18 January 1986, Page 80
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