WAIMAKARIRI RIVER
Warning On Pollution The water in the lower Waimakariri River was so polluted it was hazardous to persons using the river for recreation, said the North Canterbury Acclimatisation Society in a statement issued yesterday. One of the Government Departments or local bodies responsible for the pollution classification of the river should put up warning signs at sites where fishermen, swimmers, picnickers and boating enthusiasts had public access to the river, the statement said. The Pollution Advisory Council had classified the lower Waimakariri River as Class D, a standard which was unsuitable for bathing in or drinking, but the present water standard fell well below the Class D level and could not but be considered as hazardous for human use by way of recreational activities.
“About. 12 months ago, the health authorities recommended that local controlling authorities should erect signs advising the public of the classification of the river, but it appears that little or no heed was paid to this recommendation and no insistence was made to ensure that these warning signs were erected,” the statement said.
“The summer sporting season is close at hand, and now is the time for the waning signs to be erected.”
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Press, Volume CX, Issue 32393, 4 September 1970, Page 16
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