Annual Report on Drinking-water Quality 2016-2017

Published online: 
29 June 2018
Annual Report on Drinking-water Quality 2016-2017

Summary

The Report describes the drinking-water quality of all registered networked drinking-water supplies that served populations of more than 100 people. It describes how these supplies met the requirements of the Drinking-water Standards for New Zealand and their progress towards meeting the requirements of the Health Act 1956 between 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

The report shows that for registered drinking-water supplies that served populations of more than 100 people:

  • 3,699,000 people (96.2 percent) received drinking-water which met bacteriological standards, which is the most important criteria.
  • 3,170,000 people (83.1 percent) received drinking-water which met the protozoal standards.
  • 3,708,000 people (97.2 percent) received drinking-water which met the chemical standards.
  • 3,731,000 people (97.8 percent) received drinking-water from supplies that had a water safety plan implemented.
  • 3,094,000 people (81.1 percent) received drinking-water which met all the requirements of the standards.

Publishing information

  • Date of publication:
    29 June 2018
  • ISSN:
    Online: 1179-2604
  • HP number:
    6881
  • Citation:
    Ministry of Health. 2018. Annual Report on Drinking-water Quality 2016-2017.
  • Ordering information:
    Only soft copy available to download
  • Copyright status:

    Owned by the Ministry of Health and licensed for reuse under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Licence.

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