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

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

Gore's boil water notice has been lifted as Greenpeace points the finger firmly at dirty dairy farms.

The town’s drinking water comes from two wells. The contaminated well with high nitrate levels is Coopers Wells, 5km northeast of Gore and surrounded by a dairy farm.

*** "Surrounded by a dairy farm." ***

But Federated Farmers Southland president Jason Herrick claims Greenpeace has an agenda and it's too early to play the blame game.

It's "Thoughts and prayers" but for dairy run-off. Can dairy farmers not see that they're poisoning their own communities?

If 'helping rural communities to get drinkable water' is an agenda, then I'm with Greenpeace.

https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/water-back-menu-greenpeace-blames-farmers

#Gore#Nitrates#Water

Gore's boil water notice has been lifted as Greenpeace points the finger firmly at dirty dairy farms.

The town’s drinking water comes from two wells. The contaminated well with high nitrate levels is Coopers Wells, 5km northeast of Gore and surrounded by a dairy farm.

*** "Surrounded by a dairy farm." ***

But Federated Farmers Southland president Jason Herrick claims Greenpeace has an agenda and it's too early to play the blame game.

It's "Thoughts and prayers" but for dairy run-off. Can dairy farmers not see that they're poisoning their own communities?

If 'helping rural communities to get drinkable water' is an agenda, then I'm with Greenpeace.

https://www.odt.co.nz/southland/water-back-menu-greenpeace-blames-farmers

#Gore#Nitrates#Water