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Following Reply 39114 (2026), if any of the listed schools' drinking water supplies have breached a Maximum Acceptable Value from the Drinking Water Standards, what standard(s) have they breached?

Answered Question 40994 (2026)
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Lan Pham

List MP · Green Party

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  • Following Reply 39114 (2026), if any of the listed schools' drinking water supplies have breached a Maximum Acceptable Value from the Drinking Water Standards, what standard(s) have they breached?

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Hon Erica Stanford

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

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I am advised by the Ministry of Education that for treated drinking water samples, exceedances related to E. coli. For source water samples, exceedances related to E. coli, manganese, mercury and/or nitrate-nitrogen.