Groundwater near Kapuni wellsites found to be contaminated as long as eight
years ago has still not been cleaned up.
But the contamination, which includes three of the toxic BETX chemicals, is
not widespread and it has not reached the Kapuni stream, which supplies Hawera's
drinking water, Taranaki Regional Council director environment quality Gary
Bedford says.
"Let me be very clear – there are bores located between the well head sites
and the Kapuni stream, but there is no indication of the contamination reaching
that far and the Kapuni stream itself is showing absolutely no indication of
contamination – either by chemical analysis or by biological health surveys
conducted in the Kapuni stream," he said.
"Everything we see tells us that the contamination is highly localised."
The water is directly underneath the blow-down pits.
They were within the wider exploration site controlled by STOS, he said.
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