Chlorine Free Water Christchurch

The city council was on track to provide the whole of christchurch with chlorine free water by the end of september following intensive efforts to upgrade wells in the wake of the 2016 havelock.

Chlorine free water christchurch.

About 20 per cent of christchurch s water is currently chlorine free with most of the rest being treated with a low dose at 0 2 parts per million a fifth of the levels when it was first brought. Sodium hypochlorite is used in christchurch. Water chlorination is the process of adding chlorine to the water supply to keep it safe from harmful bacteria. Safe chlorine free drinking water is a major priority for the council and for the people of christchurch.

Christchurch city council newsline. According to the agenda for this thursday s council meeting all the city s drinking water. The council will consider a report outlining options around continuing chlorine treatment of its water supply this week. Seventy five per cent of the water supply is expected to be chlorine free by the end of this month which marks one year since chlorine treatment began to allow the upgrading of the city s 140.

14 september 2019 axel. The council has resolved that long term it wants to retain the city s untreated water supply system and will seek an exemption from any government moves to impose mandatory residual chlorination. Water pumping stations that have recently been repaired are as safe as those that were repaired earlier. Residents in christchurch could have pure chlorine free drinking water by the end of the year if the government approves a new plan to prove supplies are safe.

6th may 2019 christchurch s drinking water could be chlorine free as soon as the end of july 2019.