Most of South Canterbury's monitored swimming sites are currently deemed safe. The Land, Air, Water Aotearoa (Lawa) website, which logs all the monitored swimming sites in the country, showed on New Year's Eve that of the 37 testing sites in South Canterbury, six are classified as unsafe. SUPPLIED Principal water quality scientist and Land, Air, Water Aotearoa Can I swim here? JOHN BISSET Aerial view showing the Black Hole swimming spot on the Waihao River near Waimate, which is deemed unsafe for swimming. Madarasz-Smith said New Zealand's summer recreational water quality monitoring programmes are now active and up-to-date results are live on www.lawa.org.nz/swim and www.theswimguide.org/beaches/new-zealand).

Source: Stuff December 31, 2019 02:03 UTC