The obligation

Water consent compliance is your responsibility, we make it manageable

Under the Resource Management (Measurement and Reporting of Water Takes) Regulations 2010, every water consent holder in New Zealand is required to accurately measure, record, and report their water use. In Canterbury, ECan enforces this through individual consent conditions, and the obligations are specific, technical, and ongoing.

For most irrigation and industrial water users, managing compliance means tracking verification due dates, maintaining accurate data records, generating reports in the right format, and submitting them to the right authority on time. It's not complicated work, but it's time-sensitive and unforgiving, a missed deadline or a failed meter can result in consent action.

NZ Flow Group takes care of all of it. We maintain records, manage schedules, carry out the technical work, and handle all submissions to your territorial authority, so compliance becomes something that just happens, rather than something you have to manage.

What we manage on your behalf

  • Verification due date tracking, we contact you in advance of every scheduled verification
  • On-site verification using IANZ-calibrated equipment
  • Certificate issuance and submission to ECan or your territorial authority
  • Flow data collection, storage, and quality assurance via our cloud-based water management platform
  • Compliance reporting to ECan, regional councils, and district authorities
  • Notification and remediation if a meter fails verification
  • Consent condition interpretation, we tell you what your consent actually requires
Key regulation

RMA (Measurement and Reporting of Water Takes) Regulations 2010

Requires all consented water users to measure, record, and report water takes. In Canterbury, ECan enforces this through consent conditions, with specific accuracy tolerances (±5%), reporting formats, and verification schedules.

Verification tolerance
±5%
Find out more on legislation.govt.nz →
Cloud platform included

Your data, always ready for reporting

Clients on our compliance management programme get access to our cloud platform for real-time data and automated reporting. Submissions to ECan are generated directly from the platform in the correct format.

Learn about our cloud platform →
How it works

Compliance that runs itself

Once you're set up with us, your compliance obligations are managed end to end, without you having to track dates or chase paperwork.

We register your meters

We record your consent conditions, meter details, and verification schedule in our system.

We alert you when due

You'll hear from us well in advance of every verification due date, no surprises.

We carry out the work

On-site verification or servicing is carried out by our team using IANZ-calibrated equipment.

We handle the paperwork

Certificates and reports are issued and submitted directly to your authority. You get a copy for your records.

Who it's for

If you hold a water consent, this applies to you

IRRIGATION FARMERS

If you take surface or groundwater under an ECan consent in Canterbury, you have verification, measurement, and reporting obligations under your consent conditions. We manage all of them.

Irrigation sector →
COUNCILS & UTILITIES

Municipal water and wastewater networks require accurate metering and data for network management and regulatory reporting. We support both large-scale installations and individual consent obligations.

Municipal sector →
INDUSTRIAL OPERATORS

Trade waste discharge and industrial water take consents carry their own measurement and reporting obligations. We specify the right meter, manage the data, and handle all compliance submissions.

Industrial sector →

Want us to manage your compliance?

Tell us about your consent and current setup, we'll confirm what's involved and get you a quote.

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