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How many schools, if any, had detected chemical exceedances in their drinking water supply from 1 January 2025 - 31 December 2025?

Answered Question 11328 (2026)
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Lawrence Xu-Nan

List MP · Green Party

Question

  • How many schools, if any, had detected chemical exceedances in their drinking water supply from 1 January 2025 - 31 December 2025?

Answered by

Hon Erica Stanford

Member for East Coast Bays · National Party · Minister of Education

Answer

I am advised by the Ministry of Education (the Ministry) that the Water Services Authority - Taumata Arowai advised them that 2 of the 460 self-supplied schools observed a chemical exceedance detection event in their drinking water supply in 2025.