Drinking-water publications

A water safety plan is essential to the good management of a drinking-water supply. The Handbook for Preparing a Water Safety Plan is designed to be used alongside the New Zealand Drinking-water Safety Plan Framework and provides additional guidance and information

The Drinking-water Standards for New Zealand 2005 (Revised 2018) contain comprehensive information for owners and operators to assist in the management of public and private drinking-water suppliers and we strongly encourage you to become familiar with all aspects of them.

The Ministry of Health asked Sapere Research Group Ltd to determine the economic costs of the waterborne disease outbreak in Havelock North, the largest outbreak of its kind in New Zealand

The Annual Report on Drinking-water Quality 2015-16 describes drinking-water quality for all registered networked drinking-water supplies that served populations of more than 100 people from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.