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"...the treatment process is no longer removing suspended material. Disease-causing bacteria, viruses and protozoa has washed off surrounding land and is contained in the suspended organic material. All water for drinking, food preparation, and brushing teeth..."
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"...Bay of Islands is still not safe to drink, and raw sewerage is still flowing in to Whangarei Harbour. Bay of Islands Treatment plants knocked out by the last few days' floods are running again but..."
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"...water quality of streams, rivers and lakes is declining due to diffuse pollution, and irrigation is taking a toll on some aquifers. The OECD recommends introducing baseline regulations on water quality, and economic..."
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"...A potentially dangerous algae in Palmerston North's water supply is here to stay. But the algal bloom that struck the dams..."
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"....today filtration technology at the treatment plant "struggles a bit" when the Waikouaiti River rose and became dirty."We've had a bit of rainfall in the catchments over the last couple of days and we just haven't been able to comply with the clarity rule..."
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"...widespread the problem was but it could have implications for future residential developments taking water from the deep Wairau Valley aquifer.The chemicals were thought to leach from.."
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"...A bill aimed at improving the quality of drinking water in New Zealand has been amended to try and dilute concerns it would increase costs ..."
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"...It was still unclear how the fuel escaped. The spill happened upstream of the Warkworth water treatment plant, and the plant had been shut down..."
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"...Te Kuiti site ruptured in the early hours of March 10, allowing meat processing effluent to discharge into the Mangaokewa Stream. The effluent entered the Te Kuiti..."
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"...analysis of 788 adults' medical tests found a nearly fourfold increase in the risk of diabetes in people with low arsenic concentrations in..."
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