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Groundwater wells run risk of running dry – Expert Reaction

Groundwater wells run risk of running dry – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 23 April 2021

New analysis of roughly 39 million groundwater wells around the world, including in New Zealand, sheds light on just how […]

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Expert Q&A: Aquifers, groundwater and how contaminations can occur

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 24 August 201611 April 2018

A campylobacter outbreak in Havelock North affected an estimated 4000 people, sent dozens to the emergency department and sparked an […]

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Havelock North water contamination inquiry – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 23 August 201611 April 2018

A Government Inquiry will examine the water contamination that left an estimated 4000 Havelock North residents ill with gastroenteritis. The […]

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UPDATED: Hawke’s Bay campylobacter outbreak – Expert Reaction

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 15 August 201611 April 2018

An outbreak of gastroenteritis – likely caused by Campylobacter – has sent at least 20 people to hospital in Hawke’s Bay. […]

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Impacts of hydraulic fracturing or ‘fracking’

Expert Reactions  |  Published: 11 August 201120 March 2012

Hydraulic fracturing — a technology commonly known as “fraccing” or “fracking” — widely used in the oil and gas industry […]

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Newsletter Digest: Water issues, food insecurity, NZ’s energy strategy and IPCC review results

Blog  |  Published: 30 August 2010

Wrangling over water issues Polluted rivers, dirty dairying, greening the MacKenzie Country, dams for hydro-power and water allocation — these […]

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Timaru Herald: Land use impact on water ‘not known for decades’

In the News  |  Published: 26 August 2010

Gerald Piddock writes in the Timaru Herald about groundwater – scientists say that the impact on our groundwater of intensive […]

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What’s in our groundwater?

Expert Q&A  |  Published: 25 August 201027 August 2010

Groundwater is a crucial natural resource — around one third of the water used in New Zealand comes from underground […]

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