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LETTER: What are the effects of water treatment on Rarotonga’s streams?

Thursday 26 November 2020 | Written by Supplied | Published in Letters to the Editor, Opinion

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LETTER: What are the effects of water treatment on Rarotonga’s streams?
Algae growth in Takuvaine stream near Empire Theatre in Avarua, photographed in November. (PHOTO: EMMANUEL SAMOGLOU). 20111813

"Freshwater streams are not used as drain for water treatment residuals in New Zealand - or in Australia. There is no scientific research on the long-term effects of PACl waste on stream life."

"Freshwater streams are not used as drain for water treatment residuals in New Zealand - or in Australia. There is no scientific research on the long-term effects of PACl waste on stream life."


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