A few weeks/months ago, I am sure I saw a bunch of press about how many/most Auckland beaches were closed or strongly warning against swimming due to horrible water quality.
Today I checked safeswim.org.nz and most beaches are showing green.
Were the issues just very temporary or is that site a good one to use?
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Safeswim is VERY good at what it does - world leading in fact.
The issues re water quality have existed for decades - and they are normally temporary and are especially prevalent after rainfall due to overflows - and even moreso in the older parts of Auckland which have old combined wastewater/stormwater networks.
This issue has been worked on for decades - and will be very expensive to fix.
But there has been significant recent effort including the Central Interceptor @ 1.2 BN and also works being funded via the Water Quality Targeted Rate @ $856M.
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