Treat the water or tell tourists, expert saysKELLY HODEL / STUFF Dr Steve Hrudey, a drinking water expert from University of Alberta, Canada, is boiling drinking water during when visiting New Zealand's smaller towns to eliminate any risk of untreated water. New Zealand should tell tourists about what he calls the risks of our untreated drinking water, an international expert says. Opus Consultant environmental scientist Jim Graham said the hundreds of water safety plans written had considerably reduced risk in water supply. "The approach was to demonstrate the water supply was safe, rather than ask the question: is this water supply safe?" It was possible to be compliant with national standards but still have a risky water supply, he said.

Source: Stuff September 19, 2017 04:41 UTC