ESR Wastewater testing results - 6 September
ESR’s specialist laboratory team have analysed wastewater samples from 155 locations during the current outbreak of the delta strain of COVID-19. There are 103 locations in the North Island and 52 locations in South Island. These cover an estimated 3.8 million people, and 95 percent of the New Zealand population connected to reticulated wastewater systems.
Region |
Sample |
Week |
Week |
Week |
Week |
16-Aug |
23-Aug |
30-Aug |
6-Sept |
||
Northland |
Kerikeri |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Hāruru |
|
Not detected |
|
|
|
Whangārei |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
In progress |
|
Ahipara |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Awanui |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Dargaville |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Hihi |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Houhora |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Kaeo |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Kaikohe |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Kaitaia |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Kaiwaka |
|
Not detected |
|
|
|
Kawakawa |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Kohukohu |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
|
Mangawhai |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Maungaturoto |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Ngunguru |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
|
Oakura |
|
|
Not detected |
|
|
Opononi |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
|
Paihia |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Rangiputa |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Rawene |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
|
Ruakaka |
|
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Russell |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Taipā |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Tutukaka |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
|
Waiupu |
|
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Whatuwhiwhi |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Auckland |
Wellsford |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Omaha |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
|
|
Warkworth |
Detected |
Detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Snells/Algies |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Army Bay |
Not detected |
|
|
Not detected |
|
Helensville |
Not detected |
|
|
|
|
North Shore (Rosedale, Albany) |
Detected |
Detected |
Not detected |
Detected |
|
Auckland |
Eastern Auckland (Eastern Interceptor) |
Detected |
Detected |
Detected |
Detected |
Eastern Auckland MH2 (Papatoetoe/Southern) |
Not detected |
Detected |
Detected |
Detected |
|
Eastern Auckland PS28 (Pakuranga/East Regional) |
Not detected |
Detected |
Detected |
Not detected |
|
South Western Interceptor |
Detected |
Detected |
Detected |
Detected |
|
Western Auckland (Western Interceptor) |
Detected |
Detected |
Detected |
Detected |
|
Western Auckland PS25 (Waitakere) |
Detected |
Detected |
Detected |
Detected |
|
Western Auckland PS23 (Hillsborough) |
Not detected |
Detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Waiheke Island |
Not detected |
|
|
|
|
Beachlands |
Not detected |
|
|
|
|
Pukekohe |
|
Not detected |
|
Not detected |
|
Waikato |
Hamilton |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Cambridge |
|
Not detected |
|
Not detected |
|
Matamata |
|
Not detected |
|
Not detected |
|
Morrinsville |
|
Not detected |
|
Not detected |
|
Te Awamutu |
|
Not detected |
|
Not detected |
|
Te Kauwhata |
|
|
Not detected |
|
|
Taupo |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Kinloch |
|
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Mangakino |
|
|
Not detected |
|
|
Acacia Bay |
|
|
Not detected |
|
|
Turangi |
|
|
Not detected |
|
|
Thames |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Not detected |
|
Tokoroa |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
|
Whitianga |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Not detected |
|
Whangamata |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
|
|
Coromandel |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Not detected |
|
Pauanui |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Not detected |
|
Bay of Plenty |
Mt Maunganui |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Tauranga |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Kawerau |
Not detected |
|
|
Not detected |
|
Katikati |
|
Not detected |
|
Not detected |
|
Waihi Beach |
|
Not detected |
|
Not detected |
|
Te Puke |
|
Not detected |
|
Not detected |
|
Edgecombe |
|
|
Not detected |
|
|
Maketu |
|
Not detected |
|
Not detected |
|
Murupara |
|
|
Not detected |
|
|
Ōhope |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Opotiki |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
|
|
Rotorua |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Detected |
Not detected |
|
Whakatāne |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Gisborne |
Gisborne |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Hawke's Bay |
Napier |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Hawke's Bay |
Hastings |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Waipawa |
Not detected |
|
|
Not detected |
|
Waipukurau |
Not detected |
|
|
Not detected |
|
Wairoa |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Not detected |
|
Taranaki |
New Plymouth |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Hawera |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Kaponga |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
|
Manaia |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Opunake |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Patea |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
|
Stratford |
|
Not detected |
|
Not detected |
|
Waverley |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
|
Manawatu-Wanganui |
Palmerston North |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Feilding |
|
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Whanganui |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Not detected |
|
Levin |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Not detected |
|
Wellington |
Otaki |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Paraparaumu/Waikanae |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Porirua |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Hutt Valley (Seaview WWTP) |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Wellington (Moa Point WWTP) |
Detected |
Detected |
Not detected |
Detected |
|
Karori (Western) |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Masterton |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Carterton |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
|
Featherston |
|
|
Not detected |
|
|
Marlborough |
Picton |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Blenheim |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Nelson |
Nelson (North) |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
South Nelson and Tasman |
|
Not detected |
|
|
|
Tasman |
Motueka |
|
Not detected |
|
Not detected |
West Coast |
Westport |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Hokitika |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Reefton |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
|
Greymouth |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Canterbury |
Kaikōura |
|
Not detected |
|
Not detected |
Arthur's Pass |
|
Not detected |
|
|
|
Christchurch |
Detected |
Detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Lyttleton |
|
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Hanmer Springs |
|
Not detected |
|
|
|
Amberley |
|
Not detected |
|
Not detected |
|
Kaiapoi |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Oxford |
|
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Rangiora |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Canterbury |
Woodend |
|
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Rolleston and Eastern Selwyn |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Ellesmere and Leeston |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Selwyn Huts |
|
Not detected |
|
|
|
Castle Hill |
|
Not detected |
|
|
|
Lake Coleridge |
|
Not detected |
|
|
|
Ashburton |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Not detected |
|
Methven |
Not detected |
|
|
Not detected |
|
Timaru |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Not detected |
|
Waimate |
|
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Otago |
Oamaru |
|
Not detected |
|
Not detected |
Dunedin (Tahuna) |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Dunedin (Mosgiel) |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Dunedin (Green Island) |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Milton |
|
Not detected |
|
Not detected |
|
Balclutha |
|
Not detected |
|
Not detected |
|
Wanaka |
Not detected |
|
|
|
|
Cromwell |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Queenstown |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Alexandra |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Southland |
Gore |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
|
Invercargill |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |
|
Bluff |
|
Not detected |
Not detected |
Not detected |