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	Podcast:		The Mike Hosking Breakfast
	Episode:		Bill Bayfield: Taumata Arowai chief executive says the same places often have ongoing issues with safe drinking water
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:04:57
	Publish Date:		2022-04-03 20:17:45
	Description:		More than a million New Zealanders didn't have safe drinking water at some point last year. A new report has found many councils haven't had the right plans in place, haven't issued boiled water notices when they should have, or have had drinking water contaminated with E. coli. The findings come as the Government is planning to transfer water responsibilities from councils to four new regional authorities. Bill Bayfield – the chief executive of the new drinking water authority Taumata Arowai – told Mike Hosking the same places often have ongoing issues due to poor infrastructure investment and water quality. “There are a fair number of us who are on semi-permanent boil water notices and that’s probably pretty unacceptable too.” LISTEN ABOVE See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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