19 August 2020
By email
Darren Sharpe
Email:
[FYI request #13543 email]
Dear Darren
REQUEST FOR INFORMATION UNDER THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL INFORMATION AND
MEETINGS ACT 1987
Thank you for your email dated 18 August 2020 requesting “
whether there has been any testing of the
wastewater in the Watercare area to establish the presence or other of the coronavirus leading to
COVID-19, or any other associated diseases”.
Our Response
There has been no testing of wastewater for COVID-19 or any other communicable illness performed
by Watercare. Sewage samples have been collected from a number of locations across Auckland by
ESR as part of the Government response to COVID-19. Watercare do not receive the results from
this testing and enquiries should be directed to ESR or the Government incident response team.
Yours sincerely
David Hawkins
Chief Corporate Affairs Officer
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