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What is the Minister's response, if any, to the Environment Southland report on nitrate contamination in groundwater which shows that "approximately 1,530 people on private supplies and 13,632 on public groundwater supplies are served by drinking-water supplies located within mapped areas of high vulnerability" to nitrate contamination?

Answered Question 36370 (2026)
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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  • What is the Minister's response, if any, to the Environment Southland report on nitrate contamination in groundwater which shows that "approximately 1,530 people on private supplies and 13,632 on public groundwater supplies are served by drinking-water supplies located within mapped areas of high vulnerability" to nitrate contamination?

Answered by

Hon James Meager

Member for Rangitata · National Party · Minister for the South Island

Answer

The report shows the importance of making it easier and cheaper to improve water supplies, build more water storage, and enable projects like Managed Aquifer Recharge and Near River Recharge to improve our aquifers.