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 2019-2020
- Annual Report on Drinking-water Quality 2018–2019
- Annual Report on Drinking-water Quality 2017-2018
- Annual Report on Drinking-water Quality 2016-2017
- Annual Report on Drinking-water Quality 2015-2016
- 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
Register of Recognised Laboratories and Drinking Water Suppliers for New Zealand
- Register of Recognised Laboratories
- Register of Drinking Water Suppliers for New Zealand: 2018 Edition
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
- New Zealand Drinking-water Safety Plan Framework
- 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 videos
- 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)
Drinking-water Standards for New Zealand 2005
- Drinking-water Standards for New Zealand 2005 (Revised 2008) - will be in force until 1 March 2019.
- Drinking-water Standards for New Zealand 2005 (Revised 2018) - will come into force on 1 March 2019
Tankered drinking-water carriers
These forms are to help the tankered drinking-water carrier industry meet the requirements of the law in respect to supplying tankered drinking-water to the public.
- Form WC01: Application for Water Carrier Registration (doc, 169 KB)
- Form WC01: Application for Water Carrier Registration (pdf, 178 KB)
- Form WC02: Advice of change of details (doc, 89 KB)
- Form WC02: Advice of change of details (pdf, 79 KB)
- Form WC03: Application for Water Carrier Registration Renewal (doc, 101 KB)
- Form WC03: Application for Water Carrier Registration Renewal (pdf, 94 KB)
- Form WC04: Application to Medical Officer of Health to Operate as a Temporary Water Carrier (doc, 97 KB)
- Form WC04: Application to Medical Officer of Health to Operate as a Temporary Water Carrier (pdf, 84 KB)
- Form WC07: Delivery docket (doc, 77 KB)
- Form WC07: Delivery docket (pdf, 58 KB)
- Form WS01: Application for Water Supply Registration (doc, 143 KB)
- Form WS01: Application for Water Supply Registration (pdf, 149 KB)
- Form WS02: Application for Removal from Drinking-water Register (doc, 83 KB)
- Form WS02: Application for Removal from Drinking-water Register (pdf, 64 KB)
- Form WS03: Application to Medical Officer of Health to use Temporary Drinking-water Supply (doc, 83 KB)
- Form WS03: Application to Medical Officer of Health to use Temporary Drinking-water Supply (pdf, 65 KB)
- Form WS04: Application for authorisation of person(s) to perform drinking water analyses (doc, 102 KB)
- Form WS04: Application for authorisation of person(s) to perform drinking water analyses (pdf, 80 KB)