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Lead in Otago water found at 40 times acceptable levels 4 Feb, 2021 05:16 AM 6 minutes to read • Six tests show elevated lead levels. • First test results showing elevated lead levels in August. • Elevated lead levels at Waikouaiti Golf Club (4 times), Karitane Bowls Club (1), Waikouaiti raw water reservoir (1). • No-drink notice issued Feb 2 (after reservoir test result received Jan 29). • Two test results emailed to DCC on Dec 18 not opened until Jan 7. • DCC changes email procedures. The highest level of lead in the water in Waikouaiti was almost 40 times acceptable levels - no...

Water tap running. Photo: 123RF Yesterday, the council issued a notice to Waikouaiti and Karitane residents to not use tap water for drinking, cooking or preparing food until further notice as a precaution after it said elevated levels of lead in water sampling was found. The council's infrastructure services general manager, Simon Drew, said six samples out of 90 taken over the past six months have returned results with elevated levels of lead. Four of these times were at the Waikouaiti Golf Club - near the end of the supply line - once at the Karitane Bowls Club, and once at the Waikouaiti...

Photo: RNZ / Tess Brunton Yesterday, people in Waikouaiti and Karitane were told to stop drinking, cooking and preparing food using tap water due to high levels of lead. The council said yesterday that the levels were discovered in mid-December but the alert went to a Dunedin City Council staff member who was on holiday and they weren't picked up until the new year. Today, it said the first time elevated levels of lead were recorded was in August, 2020. While many are resigned to their new water collection, frustration and anger are bubbling away over communication delays that left residents ...

Disbelief on the outskirts of Dunedin -- on how long it's taken authorities to warn about toxic lead levels in the water Disbelief on the outskirts of Dunedin -- on how long it's taken authorities to warn about toxic lead levels in the water 4 February 2021 The Council discovered high lead levels in the coastal townships of Waikouaiti and Karitane nearly six months ago -- but only told residents to keep their taps off on Tuesday. Waikouaiti-based community board member Sonya Billyard says locals are concerned at the delay. She says fears sparked when it was revealed the high levels were ...

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