Official Documents for NZ Drinking-Water

This page includes the Key Documents links, as well as secondary or older documents.

While you can go directly to the Ministry of Health Drinking-water Home Page, you may find the list below gives you quicker navigation - the Ministry site is large and you may need to use their search tools to find what you want otherwise.

Annual Review of the Microbiological Quality of Drinking-Water in New Zealand:
	2005 version, published January 2007
	2004 version, published March 2006
	2003 version, published February 2005
	Older Reviews: 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998
The Health (Drinking Water) Amendment Act 2007
	1 April 2008 Full text of the Act, with a link to a downloadable pdf. This is not a MoH web page, but is included here because they don't list it.
	12 Sep 2008. Ministry explanatory document about the Act.
Drinking-Water Assistance Programme
	Criteria for Capital Assistance for Small Drinking-Water Supplies Released Nov 2006.
	Drinking Water Assistance Programme (DWAP). 2 June 2006 Update This is the MoH parent page for the next 3 items. Start there, or click below to go directly to specific items.
	DWAP 1: Roadshow Schedule 2 June 2006. Dates, times and venues for the Drinking-water Assistance Programme Roadshow (happening between 6 June and 6 July 2006.)
	DWAP 2: Criteria for Capital Assistance for Small Drinking-Water Supplies Released 2 June 2006. Discussion paper on proposed criteria for capital assistance for small drinking-water supplies, along with a submission form (back of main doc, or separate doc) so you can have your say.
	DWAP 3: Media Release 2 June 2006 "Ministry of Health To Improve Small Water Supplies over Next Decade with $154 Million", also questions and answers about the programme.
	Budget 2005: $136.9 million to ensure clean drinking water in NZ (5 May 2005) A government fund totalling $136.9 million (exclusive of GST) is to be established to help improve drinking water systems in New Zealand communities, Associate Health Minister Pete Hodgson and Local Government Minister Chris Carter announced today.
Drinking-Water Standards
	Drinking Water Standards for New Zealand 2005 (Revised 2008) November 2008 Official Standard from 1 January 2009.
	DWSNZ (2005) September 2005 Official version of the Drinking-Water Standards from 1 January 2006 until 31 Dec 2008.
	Draft: Guidelines for Drinking-Water Quality Management for New Zealand October 2005 A preliminary draft release of Guidelines to accompany the 2005 Standards. Individual chapters can be downloaded in Word or PDF format. The web page includes an option for user feedback.
	Review of Drinking-Water Standards for New Zealand 2000 and Guidelines for Drinking-Water Management for New Zealand 1995, May 2002
	Drinking-Water Standards for New Zealand 2000, August 2000
Public Health Grading
	Public Health Grading of Community Drinking - Water Supplies 2003, September 2003 Note that there is a September 2004 Amendment to this Grading, available as a Word document, available from the same page.
Register of Community Drinking-Water Supplies in New Zealand:
	Register 2006, July 2006
	Older Registers: 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000
	The current Register is no longer available as a compiled pdf document.
Public Health Risk Management Plans
	Overview of Public Health Risk Management Plans: How to Prepare and Develop Public Health Risk Management Plans for Drinking-Water Supplies, November 2000
	Public Health Risk Management Plan Guides for Drinking Water Supplies, June 2001
Other MoH Documents
	Deprivation Index 2006, December 2002
	Ministry of Health Sanitary Works Subsidy Scheme, December 2002
	Development of Drinking-water Management in New Zealand since 1992, October 2002
	A Report on the Chemical Quality of NZ Community Drinking Water Supplies, June 2001
Other MoH Pages
	MoH Publications starting page
	MoH Publications list with the latest ones first. The list is long so takes a while to download.
	Frequently Asked Questions about Drinking Water Standards. (Not a document as such, but useful information on the MoH website)
	Links to District Health Board Sites