Dear Martin,

Thank you for your email.

We are handling your request under the Local Government Official Information and Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA). Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate Christchurch City Council staff, and we will provide a response or update within 20 working days of the date we received your request.

Yours sincerely,

Sean Rainey
Senior Information Adviser and Privacy Officer
Office of the Chief Executive
Christchurch City Council
53 Hereford Street, Christchurch 8011
PO Box 73016, Christchurch 8154

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Dear Martin,

 

Thank you for your email, received on 25 January 2018. You made the
following request, under the Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA):

 

I am requesting statistics on the number of illnesses, including but not
limited to gastrointestinal illness which are directly attributable to
consumption of contaminated Christchurch City Council supplied water. (ie
water delivered to properties in the CCC rating area from council owned
bore heads via CCC owned infrastructure) since the September 2010
earthquake event.

 

In addition I request test results from all Christchurch bore heads
showing levels of waterborne pathogens likely to cause above mentioned
sickness.

 

We have decided to extend the timeframe on our response to you by an
additional 5 working days, due to necessary consultations to make a
decision on your request

 

We anticipate being in a position to respond to you in full on or before 2
March 2018.

 

You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review this
extension. Complaints can be sent by email to
[1][email address], by fax to (04) 471 2254, or by post to
The Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Sean Rainey

Senior Information Adviser and Privacy Officer

Office of the Chief Executive

Christchurch City Council

53 Hereford Street, Christchurch 8011

PO Box 73016, Christchurch 8154

 

 

 

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Dear Martin,

 

Thank you for your email, received on 25 January 2018. You made the
following request, under the Local Government Official Information and
Meetings Act 1987 (LGOIMA):

 

I am requesting statistics on the number of illnesses, including but not
limited to gastrointestinal illness which are directly attributable to
consumption of contaminated Christchurch City Council supplied water. (ie
water delivered to properties in the CCC rating area from council owned
bore heads via CCC owned infrastructure) since the September 2010
earthquake event.

 

In addition I request test results from all Christchurch bore heads
showing levels of waterborne pathogens likely to cause above mentioned
sickness.

 

Extension of timeframe

On 23 February 2018, we extended the timeframe on our response to you by
an additional 5 working days.

 

Council Response

The Council is not aware of any illness which has been directly
attributable to consumption of the Christchurch City water supply. This
has been confirmed by the CDHB.

 

I have attached a link to the 12 February 2018 Infrastructure, Transport
and Environment Committee agenda which includes details on our water
testing for November and December, including cases where E.Coli is
present.

[1]http://christchurch.infocouncil.biz/Open...

 

As the data illustrates, the Council takes a large number of samples; in
fact our testing exceeds what is expected to comply with the Drinking
Water Standards for New Zealand.

 

This table shows the total number of E.Coli transgressions over the past 5
years.

 

 

 

You may also like to refer to our chlorination webpage which has a map of
all areas where we are chlorinating the water (which we carry out when
completing infrastructure maintenance).

[2]https://ccc.govt.nz/services/water-and-d...

 

I hope this assists.

 

You have the right to ask the Ombudsman to investigate and review this
extension. Complaints can be sent by email to
[3][email address], by fax to (04) 471 2254, or by post to
The Ombudsman, PO Box 10152, Wellington 6143.

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Sean Rainey

Senior Information Adviser and Privacy Officer

Office of the Chief Executive

Christchurch City Council

53 Hereford Street, Christchurch 8011

PO Box 73016, Christchurch 8154

 

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