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Greenpeace has provided a free water testing service since 2021 and has found a large concentration of high readings in the Canterbury area, which has seen a significant expansion of intensive dairying and fertiliser use since the 1990s.<\/p>\n\n<p>On Saturday morning, Greenpeace announced that Darfield and Kirwee town supply had reached levels of nitrate associated with increased reproductive risk. By Sunday, it had found more town supplies at this level, with the Oxford town supply testing at 5.35mg\/L.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cIt is really worrying that rural communities across North Canterbury are experiencing these high levels of nitrate in drinking water. People expect their local council to supply safe drinking water, but nitrate contamination is a growing risk,\u201d says Larsson.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cThe best solution to nitrate contamination of drinking water is to stop the pollution at the source. That means reducing the number of dairy cows and phasing out synthetic nitrogen fertiliser use.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cRight now, rural communities are most at risk, but even in Christchurch &#8211; New Zealand\u2019s third largest city &#8211; experts have warned that nitrate contamination in drinking water will increase in coming decades.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>\u201cDespite these known risk factors, the Luxon Government is planning to replace New Zealand\u2019s freshwater protections. One of the Ministers in charge, Andrew Hoggard, is an ex-Federated Farmers lobbyist who has long argued against regulation designed to protect rural people\u2019s health.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>Greenpeace is calling on the Government to maintain the current freshwater protections, including the cap on synthetic nitrogen fertiliser use. 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