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Dear Sharna

 

Thank you for your email of 12 August 2019.

 

All testing of water supplies in the Thames-Coromandel District is
undertaken in full compliance with the most recent version of the Drinking
Water Standards  (now mandatory) according to our testing schedule. There
has been no requirement in earlier versions of the Drinking Water
Standards, or in the current version of the Drinking Water Standards to
test for any pharmaceuticals in water supplies.

 

Due to the nature of our raw water sources, it is extremely unlikely there
would be any pharmaceuticals present.

 

There is no requirement to test wastewater either where they would tend to
concentrate and become detectable.

 

Regards

 

Bruce Hinson
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Dear Thames-Coromandel District Council,

 

To whom it may concern, all authorities and ministries regarding NZ
drinking water, NZ drinking water testing, NZ pharmaceuticals in drinking
water, The Ministry of Health, Local council boards, NZ water care testing
services and suppliers.

 

Under legislation

Drinking-water Standards for New Zealand 2005 (Revised 2008) The world
health organisation (WHO) standards and also Ministry of Health. 2017.
Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality Management for New Zealand
standards.

 

I demand water testing to be done on ALL NZ TOWN DRINKING WATER SUPPLIES
for A FULL LIST OF ALL/ANY PHARMACEUTICALS FOUND IN NZ DRINKING WATER
SUPPLIES.

 

Can you please reply with all and any information regarding
pharmaceuticals found in our water supply in whitianga.

 

You must communicate your decision to myself on whether to grant my
request for official information ‘as soon as reasonably practicable, and
in any case not later than 20 working days’. The 20 working day count
begins on the first working day after you receive my request.

 

Pharmaceuticals are synthetic or natural chemicals that can be found in
prescription medicines, over-the-counter therapeutic drugs and veterinary
drugs.

 

Pharmaceuticals contain active ingredients that have been designed to have
pharmacological effects and confer significant benefits to society. The
occurrence of pharmaceuticals in the environment and the water cycle at
trace levels (in the range of nanograms to low micrograms per litre) has
been widely discussed and published in literature in the past Decade. The
increase in detection is largely attributable to the advances in
analytical techniques and instrumentation. Many surveys and studies have
confirmed the presence of pharmaceuticals in municipal wastewater and
effluents, and these have been identified as a major source of
pharmaceuticals in drinking-water Trace quantities of pharmaceuticals in
drinking-water are very unlikely to pose risks to human health because of
the substantial margin of exposure or margin of safety between the
concentrations detected and the concentrations likely to evoke a
pharmacological effect.

 

Future research in these areas may be beneficial to better characterize
potential health risks from long-term, low-level exposure to
pharmaceuticals, particularly for sensitive subpopulations.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Sharna Butcher

 

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