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Nitrate levels are inching up in a small South Canterbury town where some council water supplies were previously off limits for extended periods twice following breaches of the drinking water standards.
On Friday, the Waimate District Council reported the Lower Waihao and Waikakahi East Rural Water Scheme had reached 8.8 mg/L of nitrate-nitrogen (N03-N).
The legal limit is 11.3 mg/L.
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