Jeremy Bayliss doesn't like the impact chlorine is having, on his business and Napier's reputation.
The owner of the Napier Brewing Company in Westshore, Jeremy has had to purchase filters to ensure no trace of chlorine interferes with his company's brewing process, but his concern extends to the tourism sector as well.
"When it comes to visitors, we're going to start feeling that impact in the future," he says. "We've hung our hats on the fact that people don't need bottled water in Napier, that the water here is amazing. Now that we're chlorinating, it's really disappointing."
The city's water supply was chlorinated in late May, after a positive reading for E. coli was returned at one of the Napier City Council's Park Island sites. The positive reading was 1, the lowest level possible. Anything under 1 is classed as safe to drink.
Although there have been no further positive E. coli tests returned during daily testing across the network, chlorination has continued as a way to disinfect the pipes.