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Media release from Southern DHB
Wednesday 28 July 2021, 10:41 AM
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Southern DHB Medical Officer of Health Dr Michael Butchard has recommended the Do Not Drink notice (DNDN) on the Waikouaiti, Karitane and Hawksbury Village water supply can be lifted.
This follows a comprehensive investigation by the Dunedin City Council into elevated lead levels that had been detected in the area, finding customer pipes, fittings and tapware leaching lead into the water were most likely the cause of the high lead results at the Waikouaiti Golf Course and the Karitane Bowls Club.
The most likely cause of the high lead result in the raw water reservoir is lead in sediment from a spike in water turbidity. Sediment is filtered out by the treatment process, so does not reach the treated water.
Parents nervous wait for leaded water tests in Otago
4 Feb, 2021 05:36 PM
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Concerned Waikouaiti parents Rachel and Richard Olsen are worried about the health of their 1-week-old baby Gretel. Photo / Peter McIntosh
Otago Daily Times
Baby Gretel Olsen was 1 week old yesterday.
Today, she will get a blood test to check for levels of lead in her system.
Parents Richard and Rachel Olsen, of Waikouaiti, were horrified to hear some of the water Rachel had been drinking during her pregnancy might have contained high levels of lead.
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