Council group manager 3 waters Tom Dyer says the tankers positioned at six locations across the three communities will, from Wednesday, be replaced by mainly 5000-litre static water tanks at nine locations. The existing water tankers would remain in place until the transition was complete, to ensure nobody was without access to clean, safe drinking water in the meantime. With the city still at Alert Level 2, there would also be additional signage at the new drinking water tanks, to prompt social distancing, along with sanitiser and wipes. Test results from sediment from the Waikouaiti River’s riverbed have also shown it contains normal levels of lead. “These results suggest that the Waikouaiti River is in generally good health with regards to concentrations of lead."

Source: Otago Daily Times February 16, 2021 05:03 UTC