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Waikouaiti and Karitane residents demand answers from authorities on lead revelations
Tess Brunton
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Residents in two coastal Otago towns are preparing to confront local authorities about toxic levels of lead discovered in their drinking water.
People in Waikouaiti and Karitane were first told about high levels of lead in their water supply on Tuesday afternoon.
But there s been revelation upon revelation since then - the Dunedin City Council has confirmed the December test results sat in an unmonitored inbox for weeks, toxic levels were first detected in the water back in August, and one of the failed test results wasn t four times the allowable levels - it was almost 40 times. ....

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