Water Testing Results – PFAS
PFAS Results
In November 2022 the new Water Services Act replaced the current New Zealand Drinking Water Standards to specify the quality standards that needs to be achieve for all drinking water supplies. Testing for PFAS levels in drinking water sources is not included in the current NZ Drinking Water Standards, but is included in the new standards as noted in the Water Services Act. In September 2022, water samples from the Bulls water supply was submitted to an accredited laboratory in Australia for PFAS analysis and returned the following results:
New NZ Limit (ug/l) |
Plant |
Well |
Bore 1 |
Bore 2 |
Bore 3 |
Bore 5 |
Bore 3A |
Comply |
|
PFHxS + PFOS |
0.07 |
0.02 |
0.03 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
0.03 |
0.02 |
0.03 |
All samples comply |
PFOA |
0.56 |
>0.01 |
>0.01 |
>0.01 |
>0.01 |
>0.01 |
>0.01 |
>0.01 |
All samples comply |