Health Warning Lifted For Cass Bay | Motu-kauati-rahi, Duvauchelle Bay | Kaitouna And Tikao Bay | Ōkoropeke

Latest water testing results show faecal bacteria levels
in Cass Bay | Motu-kauati-rahi, Duvauchelle Bay | Kaitouna
and Tikao Bay | Ōkoropeke are now below guideline values
and the health warning issued 7 March 2025 has been removed
with the water at Cass Bay | Motu-kauati-rahi, Duvauchelle
Bay| Kaitouna and Tikao Bay | Ōkoropeke suitable for
recreational use.

Dr Cheryl Brunton, Medical Officer
of Health for the National Public Health Service, says –
“rainfall in the area in the last week was the likely
cause of the high levels of faecal
bacteria”.

“This is great news for
swimmers and other recreational water users in Cass Bay |
Motu-kauati-rahi, Duvauchelle Bay | Kaitouna and Tikao Bay |
Ōkoropeke who would have been avoiding the water following
the high levels of contamination”, Dr Brunton
says.

When a health warning is in place,
water quality at affected sites is not considered suitable
for recreational uses including swimming because of the risk
to health from the bacteria and other pathogens.

Water
contaminated by human or animal faecal matter may contain a
range of disease-causing micro-organisms such as viruses,
bacteria and protozoa.

For further details visit: https://www.lawa.org.nz/explore-data/canterbury-region/

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