Opinion – Dr Peter Trolove In the US the Environmental Protection Agency EPA sets the limit for safe drinking water at 10mg/L NO3-N In New Zealand the maximum acceptable value for nitrate in drinking water is 11.3 mg/L Both these limits are considered toxic for human babies …
In the US the Environmental Protection Agency EPA sets the limit for safe drinking water at 10mg/L NO3-N
In New Zealand the maximum acceptable value for nitrate in drinking water is 11.3 mg/L
Both these limits are considered toxic for human babies less than 6 months old.
In Canterbury the Canterbury Regional Council, (Ecan), is responsible for managing the region’s freshwater quality, quantity, and ecosystems through managing land use.
In
New Zealand the maximum acceptable value for nitrate in
drinking water is 11.3 mg/L
Both these limits are
considered toxic for human babies less than 6 months
old.
In Canterbury the Canterbury Regional Council,
(Ecan), is responsible for managing the region’s
freshwater quality, quantity, and ecosystems through
managing land use.
Ecan has delegated this
responsibility to the Canterbury Water Management Strategy,
(CWMS), with its 10 Water Zone Committees created primarily
to oversee freshwater management for the purpose of
increasing the scale and efficiency of irrigation in the
region.
Over a Million Cows
Massive irrigation
development in Canterbury has seen dairy cow numbers rise