Chlorine Free Water Napier

Napier s water has been chlorinated since may 2017 following a series of e coli contamination events.

Chlorine free water napier. Chlorine is the most cost effective efficient way to minimise contamination risks in our network. Chlorine free water expected this week. Maintaining napier city council s current planned service delivery with residual chlorine disinfection as the main safety barrier and implementing the new water master plan framework or 2. Napier city council is preparing to stop chlorinating water from its enfield reservoir with the final chlorine dose due tomorrow afternoon tuesday 14 th february.

This no chlorine rule can turn off some beginner fermenters but it s an easy issue to get around. Developing options for a chlorine free network that the nz ministry of health will approve as an appropriate alternative. Both the hawke s bay district health board our drinking water assessor and napier city council are not willing to risk lives by removing chlorine from the water. Napier s drinking water has returned a positive test for e coli prompting the city council to chlorinate all of its water supply with the exception of otatara and puketapu.

The napier city council has taken one of the first big public steps in navigating the murky depths of its drinking water supply by awarding a contract for a chlorine free drinking water review. You can use bottled spring water make sure it s chlorine free or you may already have a filter on your tap that removes chlorine. Chlorine free water for napier pauline from hospital hill we urge the council to carry out an independent investigation of the christchurch model for supplying healthy safe drinking water without using chlorine. Napier to go chlorine free five current napier city councillors say yes to the immediate removal of chlorine from napier s drinking water with appropriate safeguards in place to protect consumers against any possibility of illness mayoral candidate kirsten wise annette brosnan maxine boag apiata tapine and richard mcgrath.

Last year ncc claimed the capital cost to develop a water distribution network that is suitable to remove chlorine as a treatment. Napier city councillor annette brosnan has today made a stand against the permanent chlorination of napier s water. Councillor pushes chlorine free napier water. Which would see an assessment undertaken into the cost of chlorine free water.