Core activities

 
Health and Environment Public Policy

• Development of model public health risk management plans
• Addressing risk to public health from drinking water quality in small communities
• Development of an Environmental Health Action Plan (EHAP) for New Zealand
• Drinking-water Standards for New Zealand and Guidelines for Drinking-water Quality Management
• Development of a monitoring and grading framework for drinking-water sources
• Determination of the effectiveness of on-site sewage treatment and disposal systems and reuse
• Catchment risk assessment
• Determination of factors underlying community decisions to fluoridate their water supplies

Drinking-Water Quality Surveillance and Reporting

• Administering the New Zealand programme for the identification of chemical contaminants
• Annual Review of Drinking-Water Quality in New Zealand
• Register of Community Drinking-Water Supplies in New Zealand

Information Systems Development and Management

• WINZ Water Information New Zealand 
• CoSINZ community sewerage database development
• SWSS database development to support New Zealand's Sanitary Works Subsidy Scheme
• Establishment of a national database for sub-typing zoonotic micro-organisms

Identification and Prioritisation of Contaminants

• Campylobacter reservoirs and potential transmission routes
• Viral reservoirs and potential transmission routes
• Groundwater security for drinking water supplies