Saturday July 10th 2021
Local residents are invited to bring 100mL of their bore water in a clean container to the Mid Canterbury Community House, 44 Cass St, Ashburton, anytime today between 10am â 2pm.Â
Greenpeace is running the testing event in conjunction with the New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers, and is conducting the testing using a spectrometer machine owned by the federation.
Greenpeace senior campaigner Steve Abel says the testing is an essential service for the community, and will bolster understanding about nitrate contamination in New Zealand.
âEveryone should be able to trust that the water from their tap is clean and safe. Unfortunately, nitrate contamination is a growing concern for people in areas with intensive dairying, such as Canterbury, Southland and Waikato. Bore owners in these regions deserve to know whatâs happening with their water,â says Abel.
Saturday, 10 July 2021, 12:57 pm
Greenpeace is conducting free
drop-in water testing in Ashburton today and in Temuka
tomorrow, to enable households to check their drinking water
for nitrate contamination.
Local residents are invited
to bring 100mL of their bore water in a clean container to
the Mid Canterbury Community House, 44 Cass St, Ashburton,
anytime today between 10am - 2pm.
Greenpeace is
running the testing event in conjunction with the New
Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers, and is conducting
the testing using a spectrometer machine owned by the
federation.
Greenpeace senior campaigner Steve Abel says
the testing is an essential service for the community, and
Press Release – Greenpeace Greenpeace is conducting free drop-in water testing in Ashburton today and in Temuka tomorrow, to enable households to check their drinking water for nitrate contamination. Local residents are invited to bring 100mL of their bore water in a clean container …
Greenpeace is conducting free drop-in water testing in Ashburton today and in Temuka tomorrow, to enable households to check their drinking water for nitrate contamination.
Local residents are invited to bring 100mL of their bore water in a clean container to the Mid Canterbury Community House, 44 Cass St, Ashburton, anytime today between 10am – 2pm.
Greenpeace is running the testing event in conjunction with the New Zealand Federation of Freshwater Anglers, and is conducting the testing using a spectrometer machine owned by the federation.
Press Release – Greenpeace New Zealand Greenpeace is conducting free drop-in water testing days in Ashburton and Temuka this coming weekend to enable households to check their bore water for nitrate contamination. 10am – 2pm, Saturday 10th July at Mid Canterbury Community House, 44 Cass St, Ashburton …Greenpeace is conducting free drop-in water testing days in Ashburton and Temuka this coming weekend to enable households to check their bore water for nitrate contamination.
10am – 2pm, Saturday 10th July at Mid Canterbury Community House, 44 Cass St, Ashburton
10am – 2pm, Sunday 11th July at Alpine Energy Community Centre, Fergusson Drive, Temuka
Greenpeace is running the testing in conjunction with the Federation of Freshwater Anglers.
This was in response to rising concerns about the impact nitrates from farming runoff were having on both river biodiversity and human health, with recent studies linking high nitrate levels to both bowel cancer rates and the risk of premature births. Greenpeace held previous testing sessions in May at Dunsandel and Woodend, and concerned Selwyn residents also held a session in Springston last year, with one local’s water weighing in at 14mg/L. The current safe level in New Zealand, as mandated by the World Health Organisation (WHO), is 11.3mg/L.
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Selwyn residents with private wells on their property were given the opportunity to test nitrate levels in their water in May.