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Waterborne Illness Sparks Major Water Reform in New Zealand
Author(s) -
Graham Jim
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/awwa.1461
Subject(s) - legislature , government (linguistics) , waterborne diseases , politics , environmental planning , work (physics) , public interest , water safety , political science , business , outbreak , geography , water quality , engineering , medicine , law , ecology , mechanical engineering , philosophy , linguistics , virology , biology
Key Takeaways Following a severe outbreak of campylobacteriosis, a government investigation uncovered numerous failures and shortcomings in the way New Zealand's water supplies were regulated and organized. The current government of New Zealand has established a new national drinking water regulator in the interest of resolving longstanding problems that have put the safety of the country's water supplies at risk. Political and special‐interest obstacles have stymied progress on broad changes; nevertheless, legislative work on ensuring safe drinking water is progressing.