Water Information New Zealand (WINZ) Database

Archive of all WINZ Items

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Posted	Details	Item
17 Nov 2008	Drinkingwater website updated and extended This website has today been updated to a new look and feel, combined with greater functionality ...	1032
22 Apr 2008	Which Drinking-Water Standard Should Be Used? There are currently two Drinking-Water Standards for New Zealand that have been released by the Ministry of Health ...	1031
27 Mar 2006	Annual Review 2004 now available From 27 March 2006, summarised results from the Annual Review of Drinking-Water Quality in New Zealand 2004 ...	1030
27 Mar 2006	WINZ 5.2 Special release available A new sub-version of WINZ 5.2 (denoted 5.2.03.010) was prepared in early March 2006 to overcome a an outstanding issue in the Annual Survey, and also to fix a potentially serious Sample Import problem ...	1029
13 Feb 2006	Problems using WinZip for WINZ Transfers A number of people have experienced problems using the later versions of WinZip to do data transfers. The problems have been compounded by ...	1028
17 Jan 2006	Public Health Gradings Public Health Gradings shown on this website are now solely those performed to the 2003 specification ...	1027
10 Jan 2006	WINZ 5.2 Problems and Solutions Two problems have been identified in the WINZ 5.2 pack (December 2005) sent to all WINZ users, including one that affects the importing of new supplies. A solution ...	1026
21 Dec 2005	WINZ 5.2 Released December 2005 WINZ 5.2 represents a relatively minor but necessary upgrade so users can complete the Annual Review	1025
7 Nov 2005	Web-based WINZ development is underway Although the next few versions of WINZ 5 will remain in Microsoft Access 2002, development has commenced on a web-based version ...	1024
1 Mar 2005	Website Expanded to show Annual Compliance From 1 March 2005, this drinking-water database will show results from the Annual Review of Drinking-Water Quality in New Zealand 2003 . . .	1023
21 Dec 2004	What's New in WINZ 5.1 WINZ 5.1 has many changes, with the largest and most obvious being in the Supply area. Grading algorithms have been rewritten ...	1022
9 Aug 2004	Grading 2003 Specification will be in WINZ 5.1 WINZ 5.1 is currently being developed for release in probably September 2004. While we ...	1021
4 Dec 2003	WINZ 5.0 Released and Website Expanded WINZ 5.0 was sent to all known users on Tuesday 25 November 2003. District Health Boards will have received ... and a challenge for your spare time ...	1020
21 Oct 2003	WINZ 5.0 expected November 2003 WINZ 5.0, developed in Microsoft Access 2002, has been delayed several times but is now looking realistic for November 2003 ...	1019
20 Oct 2003	Public Health Grading 2003 Document Released On 16 October 2003 we received a copy of the finalised "Public Health Grading of Community Drinking-Water Supplies 2003" ...	1018
7 Mar 2003	WINZ Advisory Group 2003 The WINZ Advisory Group will meet in Christchurch on 28 March to discuss issues, progress and development ideas for WINZ and drinking-water quality. Contact representatives if you have ideas to share ...	1017
11 Dec 2002	WINZ 4.9 Released Today WINZ version 4.901 has been couriered today (Wednesday 11 December 2002) to all District Health Boards. These in turn will forward copies of the CD-ROM and instructions to local authorities in their district.	1016
11 Dec 2002	Risk Management Plans Prototype Module in WINZ WINZ 5.0 will have a Public Health Risk Management Plans area to help both large and small supplies meet legislative requirements. What progress have we made on this, and would you be interested in being a volunteer tester?	1015
4 Nov 2002	Quarterly Compliance and Protozoa - Worked Example This article works through an example of completing the Protozoa tab for plant quarterly compliance (2000) in WINZ ...	1014
7 Oct 2002	Ministry of Health Water website now available The Ministry of Health has consolidated their drinking-water information into one area on their site, called www.moh.govt.nz/water ...	1013
23 Sep 2002	WINZ 4.9 coming out before WINZ 5 A final version of WINZ 4 will be released to all users in November 2002, while WINZ 5.0, to be in Microsoft Access 2002, will be delayed until April 2003. more ...	1012
23 Sep 2002	WINZ won't run at all There are a number of things you should check, including ...	1011
23 Sep 2002	WINZ won't run from networked application While the data can be on the net, and is recommended to be so, the application must be run from the hard disk...	1010
22 Sep 2002	Problems with finding WINZData If you can't find your data easily, there are a number of things you can do....	1009
22 Sep 2002	Bulk water supplies to be more clearly identified The 2002 Grading definition will specify bulk supplies as special "reticulation zones". These will be graded like ordinary distribution zones, and zones receiving their water will grade the same or lower than this...	1008
16 Sep 2002	Updating quarterly calculations If you change some of the factors in a quarterly calculation, you might wonder why the quarter determinand requirements don't automatically change. The reason is simple - you must hit the Update button. Why not auto? ...	1007
13 Sep 2002	Ministry of Health Approved Laboratories are also to be viewable from the web. This will include searchable lists of labs for a particular determinand ...	1006
8 Sep 2002	Register to be on the web In response to WINZ Advisory Group suggestions, the Register of Community Drinking Water Supplies in New Zealand is now included on this website. Data to support this site is expected to be updated from National WINZ at least fortnightly ....	1005
6 Sep 2002	RMP handling to be in WINZ 5.0 Risk management plans will be able to be developed in WINZ 5.0 towards the end of the year. This will allow you to automatically create a draft set based on your supply's characteristics, then customise using a visual interface.	1004
2 Sep 2002	Go to the web from WINZ. Go to the Administration page, click on the General tab, and there at the bottom ...	1003
25 Aug 2002	Speed sample entry with test groups When you create a sample, the quickest way to add tests is to have a default group already prepared. This automatically adds result records to the sample.	1002
25 Aug 2002	Where to put WINZ When you install WINZ you have two choices. You can install it all on the hard drive, or put the data on the network. Don't put the application on the network though, or you'll have problems.	1001