The first week of the Havelock North Water Inquiry wrapped up yesterday with a focus on the systems surrounding minimising risk to the safety of the water supply.
Discussion included suggestions for a more formalised system of reporting transgressions in the drinking water supply, in reference to a series of readings of e-coli in the Brookvale bores' water supply between 2007 and 2016.
This was endorsed by Hawke's Bay DHB medical officer of health Nick Jones when asked if the system should be improved so that someone had responsibility to review the transgression data.
Dr Jones said that was currently covered off in annual surveys that were conducted, but in theory something could be in place to focus more attention on emerging risks.
He was also asked by inquiry chair Lyn Stevens whether once it was picked up the transgressions were recurring, if someone should have investigated more deeply what was going on.