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Pharmaceutical Pollution

5 items · 5 aliases · peaked week of 5 Apr 2026 · first seen 11 May 2026

A report reveals rising groundwater contamination and unsafe swimming conditions across New Zealand, with Water New Zealand CEO Gillian Blythe urging systemic change, improved monitoring, and individual behavioral shifts to protect water resources for future generations.

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  • Gillian Blythe mike-hosking-breakfast Gillian Blythe: Water New Zealand CEO on the worsening state of water revealed in a new report 9 Apr · 46s
    I think we need to accept that it's actually everything that all of us do. You can look at a particular sector, you can look at what the drinking water, wastewater and stormwater contribution is, but fundamentally all of us are making an impact. And I think the critical thing that comes across in this report, because it focuses on groundwater, is that what we do today for some water environments will not. not actually show up for decades and so you know what we were doing in the early 2000s is beginning to appear in the results now and I think that's when I think we need to be able to think about not just you know what are day-to-day decisions but the impact on future generations and on the future environment.
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mike-hosking-breakfast Government / N-A

hidden pollutant in wastewater

Gillian Blythe: Water New Zealand CEO on the worsening state of water revealed in a new report
9 Apr
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