Makarau gun club lead pollution concernsDelwyn Dickey A stream running directly behind ranges are among residents concerns over lead leaching into groundwater from the Auckland Shooting Club. The possibility of lead from spent ammunition leaching into the ground water at the Auckland Shooting Club has alarmed some locals in rural Makarau. A discharge consent may now be needed, as it was with the Wairarapa Gun Club recently, to discharge contaminants. It's only in recent years the impact of lead pollution from shooting ranges has come under the spotlight. "As a resident it feels like the shooting club has more rights than we do.

Source: Stuff July 30, 2017 23:26 UTC