Download or order guides for developing water safety plans (formerly known as public health risk management plans), and other useful resources relating to drinking-water.
Annual Reports on Drinking-water Quality
- Annual Report on Drinking-water Quality 2014-2015
- Annual Report on Drinking-water Quality 2013-14
- Annual Report on Drinking-water Quality 2012–2013
- Annual Report on Drinking-water Quality 2011–2012
- Annual Review of Drinking-water Quality in New Zealand 2010-2011
- Annual Review of Drinking-water Quality in New Zealand 2009-2010
- Annual Review of Drinking-water Quality In New Zealand 2008/9
- Annual Review of Drinking-water Quality In New Zealand 2007/8
- Annual Review of Drinking-water Quality in New Zealand 2006/07
Draft Annual Report on Drinking-Water Quality 2016-17
The draft report is being released because it was referred to during Stage 2 of the Inquiry into the Havelock North Drinking-Water Contamination Incident.
Please note that the report is not finalised and may change. For example the data are not yet validated and the content has not yet been assessed to ensure there is a nationally consistent approach to assessment of compliance against the legislation and the Drinking-water Standards.
ESR has provided a disclaimer to the draft report. This disclaimer notes that the assessments of compliance with s 69U (source protection) are currently being questioned by two water suppliers, therefore statistics associated with this duty may change. We are aware that other suppliers have recently queried their findings, so further results may be subject to change. Disputed findings may also be the subject of further investigation by the Public Health Unit and water supplier.
- Draft Annual Report on Drinking-water Quality 2016–2017 (docx, 152 KB)
- Draft Annual Report on Drinking-water Quality 2016–2017 - Appendices (docx, 216 KB)
Register of Recognised Laboratories and Drinking Water Suppliers for New Zealand
Information for small drinking-water supplies:
- Small Drinking-water Supplies
- Operation and Maintenance of a Small Drinking-water Supply
- Managing Projects for Small Drinking-water Supplies
- Design and Operation of Bores for Small Drinking-water Supplies
- Sampling and Monitoring for Small Drinking-water Supplies
- Optimisation of Small Drinking-water Treatment Systems
- Treatment Options for Small Drinking-water Supplies
- Pathogens and Pathways, and Small Drinking-water Supplies
- Sustainable Management of Small Drinking-water Supplies
Water Safety Plans
- A Framework on How to Prepare and Develop Water Safety Plans for Drinking-water Supplies
- Water Safety Plan Guides for Drinking Water Supplies
- Blueprint for Safe Drinking Water: Framework for Preparing a PHRMP
Drinking-water Quality Management for New Zealand
- Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality Management for New Zealand
- Rural Agricultural Drinking-Water Supply Guideline
Other useful drinking-water resources:
- Household Water Supplies
- Drinking-water DVD series
- Drinking-water Cost Benefit Analysis
- The Ministry of Health procedure for approval of new test methods for bacteriological compliance testing of drinking-water samples using presence/absence methods
- UV Disinfection and Cartridge Filtration
- Pumps, Pipes and Storage
- Secure Groundwater Bores and Wells for Safe Household Water
- Water Collection Tanks and Safe Household Water
- Enteric Zoonotic Disease Research in New Zealand Pamphlet (PDF, 340 KB)
- Plumboslovency - Technical factsheet (Word, 42 KB)
- Plumbosolvency– Questions and answers (Word, 33 KB)