Some Queenstown residents able to drink tap water again

From Midday Report, 12:43 pm on 5 October 2023

Some businesses around Queenstown finally have relief after two weeks of boiling water to keep afloat amid a cryptosporidium outbreak.

20,000 people living in Frankton, Shotover Country, Lake Hayes Estate and Quail Rise can drink tap water again, because the Kelvin Heights plant has been deemed safe.

Otago Southland Reporter Tess Brunton spoke to Charlotte Cook.