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\nThere have been three clear days of samples from the Rawhiti supply zone. File photo.
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The boil water notice affecting thousands of households in eastern Christchurch east has been lifted.<\/p>\n
The public health alert was issued on Saturday afternoon for people in New Brighton, Burwood, Wainoni, Aranui and Southshore after routine testing discovered total coliforms in the Rawhiti water zone.<\/p>\n
But on Monday afternoon, the Christchurch City Council said it had three clear days of samples from the Rawhiti supply zone so most people no longer needed to boil their water.<\/p>\n
More than 14,000 households in the city’s east were under the boil water notice.<\/p>\n
“Investigations are still ongoing but we believe it was due to work recently undertaken on the network,” the council said.<\/p>\n
“The council has done significant sampling throughout the zone and we are now confident the contamination is isolated to a small area.”<\/p>\n
The council will contact people who live at about 20 properties and need to keep boiling their water.<\/p>\n
The total coliforms indicated potential contamination and the possible existence of harmful pathogens, but it was a group of bacteria that was commonly found in the environment, the council said.<\/p>\n