The Press version of the story is not paywalled.

https://www.thepress.co.nz/nz-news/360841131/canterbury-water-worst-nitrate-pollution

Federated Farmers are blatant in protecting their right to pollute everyone's drinking water. 'It's our drain, find a different source.'

"Canterbury has seen a 1000% increase in dairy cattle numbers since 1990, alongside a near doubling of irrigated land."

"The national study comes a month after Environment Canterbury declared a nitrate emergency, and a week after dairy giant Fonterra announced record profits and payouts to farmer shareholders."

Those two things are not unrelated.

@canned_sans_italic

#NZ #Nitrates #Water