4 Feb 2021

Waikouaiti School adapting to no water while lead in supplies

From First Up, 5:15 am on 4 February 2021

Residents, businesses and schools from Waikouaiti and Karitane are having to drastically adapt to life without being able to drink water from their taps after concerning levels of lead were detected in the supply. On Tuesday the council issued a notice to residents in the two settlements north of Dunedin to not use tap water for drinking, cooking or preparing food until further notice. Waikouaiti School principal Mark Edwards told our reporter Tess Brunton how the the students and staff are coping.