drinking water Archive

  • Russel Norman

    Aucklanders, you know you’re drinking the Waikato River - by Russel Norman



    One in three New Zealanders (Auckland, Hamilton et al) have a very direct interest in the quality of the water coming down the Waikato River because their drinking water is extracted from that catchment. The more polluted that water is, the more expensive and difficult it is to treat it. So how bad is the water at the end of the Waikato river? read more
    April 29, 2011 5:05 pm - 18 Comments
  • frog

    Environment groups line up to slag government on water conservation - by frog



    It seems the Environment Minister is getting short on friends… read more
    April 4, 2010 10:11 am - 11 Comments
  • frog

    Goodbye whitebait? - by frog



    Whitebait season opened everywhere in New Zealand last week except the West Coast, where people still have a week and a half to wait. But it seems many fishers may also be waiting until they have enough to fill a plate. Because, at the same time, the Department of Conservation expressed concern at not finding [...] read more
    August 18, 2008 3:37 pm - 47 Comments
  • frog

    Further to the weekend’s cow poo story - by frog



    According to the NZ Herald: Power generated from cow dung has been identified as one way New Zealand could make billions from an emissions trading scheme. It’s good to see some coverage of  emissions trading schemes  that is not presented as ‘environment vs economy’ but of the economy operating effectively within our environment.  This story [...] read more
    August 18, 2008 3:07 pm - 60 Comments
  • frog

    The water, like a witch’s oils, burnt green, and blue and white - by frog



    A public health report released on the West Coast yesterday found none of the region’s reticulated drinking water sources met official drinking standards. Nationwide, 15 per cent of water supplies failed to meet official drinking water standards but on the West Coast, not a single reticulated water source met official standards, which required a four-stage [...] read more
    July 23, 2008 2:03 pm - 1 Comment