Purongo me whakamātautanga wai

Council has made significant investments to provide our customers with high quality drinking water.

Tauranga’s water supply complies with the Drinking Water Quality Assurance Rules and meets or exceeds the Drinking Water Standards New Zealand (2022).

Water quality reports

6 Monthly reports

November 2025 - Drinking water Comprehensive Analysis (129kb pdf) May 2025 - Drinking water Comprehensive Analysis (192kb pdf)
November 2024 - Drinking water Comprehensive Analysis (192kb pdf) May 2024 - Drinking water Comprehensive Analysis - Mount/Pāpāmoa (524kb pdf) 
May 2024 - Drinking water Comprehensive Analysis - Tauranga/Bethlehem (513kb pdf)

Monthly reticulated water quality results

2025

January (75kb pdf) February (77kb pdf) March (76kb pdf) April (75kb pdf) May 2025 (75kb pdf) June 2025 (77kb pdf) July 2025 (52.3kb pdf)
August 2025 (77kb pdf) September 2025 (112kb pdf) October 2025 (112kb pdf) November 2025 (114kb pdf)

2024

January (76kb pdf) February (76kb pdf) March (83kb pdf) April (75kb pdf) May (75kb pdf) June (77kb pdf) July (75kb pdf) August (76kb pdf) September (77kb pdf) October (76kb pdf) November (76.8kb pdf) December (76kb pdf)

2023

January (74kb pdf) February (77kb pdf) March (76kb pdf) April (75kb pdf) May (75kb pdf) June (75.8kb pdf) July (75.8kb pdf) August (76.9kb pdf) September (75kb pdf) October (75kb pdf) November (75kb pdf) December (77kb pdf)

Water testing

Council does not provide a water testing service to private customers. Contact Hills Labs (Hamilton) or Bay of Plenty Regional Council who both offer a water testing service.