It is always interesting to look back at the Tauranga City Council water story.
I raise this as Roger Rabbit popped up for a shot at the Water Action Group.
For instance, TCC said that we would have chemical-free water if we got microfiltration. Shortly after microfiltration installation we were back on chlorine and still are.
TCC gave a cost for the filters but the deal quickly doubled in price once TCC was hooked. TCC has continued to put clean water into old rusty leaking pipes as it slowly replaced them across the city. These pipes have let all sorts of bugs and debris into our water.
For several years I had to run a large filter on our incoming water supply and the rubbish it collected blocked the filter every year.
I took it to TCC water treatment each year and showed them. Lucky we did not have a serious health problem.
WAG said each home should have a filtered drinking water supply, in house, as many do today. TCC cannot guarantee us clean safe water as there are too many places in which contaminants can get into the system.
It still costs us a lot of money to put pristine water into a dirty distribution system, as WAG said it would.

K Evans, Tauranga City.