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