Safe drinking water more critical than ever

High nitrate levels, high chlorine, heavy metals, bacteria and now degrading asbestos pipes!

The Government's Water Services Bill (currently being drafted) means drinking water suppliers will have a primary duty to supply safe drinking water. If you're off town supply and have any workers drinking your water, you'll need to meet these requirements. Increasingly it's looking like we need to take control of our own water health.

With the new water regulations requiring local on farms supplying water, it has become more important than ever that the water suppliers now have a duty to supply safe drinking water. Anyone that supplies drinking water should have an effective way to identify and manage risks to ensure drinking water is safe and now have a responsibility to check the water quality in a regular basis and report the results back to Taumata Arowai, the new crown entity dedicated to water services and the regulator for water in NZ.

Many towns and villages in Mid Canterbury are struggling with consistent water supply. Water sampling shows worsening nitrate contamination in Canterbury in general. Recent news of degrading asbestos pipes in our region is also disturbing. There is a solution though. A way you can safely determine the integrity of your own water supply - filtration.

Richard Ellis of Filtration Canterbury lives in the Alford Forest area of Mid Canterbury. A while ago he was approached by local farmers to come up with a solution for their shallow bore water concerns regarding nitrates. These were families worried about the wellbeing of themselves, their children and in one case a pregnant woman. Richard met the challenge and Filtration Canterbury was born.

After more than 25 years in the food production, chemical cleaning and filtration industry, Richard decided to use his knowledge in these industries to provide a personal and professional service to ensure that everyone is able to have clean drinking water.

Richard's 40 years as a dairy contractor; extensive experience in food and beverage filtration; food production, sanitation and chemical cleaning puts him in a unique position to advise on and recommend a water filtration solution that's spot on for your situation. This includes domestic, town and rural water supply.

Canterbury and Southland have among New Zealand's highest rates of bowel cancer which is thought to be linked to high nitrate levels in our water. Bore water and private water schemes are vulnerable to nitrate contamination, as well as heavy metals, pesticides, E Coli, giardia, and water borne viruses. Filtration Canterbury has a solution for every situation, whether it's city, town, or rural water supply.

We need to take a serious look at the water we consume. Taking control ensures we're getting the pure water our bodies need for optimum health.

As a successful New Zealand owned and operated business, Filtration Canterbury is ensuring everyone has access to quality drinking water no matter what the challenges are. We are committed to ensure that you have access to safe drinking every day and are here to help.

Why choose us?

Our expertise

Our services include providing advice and recommendations to assist with water filtration solutions for issues in domestic town and rural water supply.

Better for everyone

A complete range of household filtration systems to ensure that your family is drinking safe water free from chlorine, bacteria, and other water contaminants. We care

We can arrange for a comprehensive water test to be undertaken and then build a system to directly treat the water you and your family are drinking.

The healthy choice

Our filtration systems help with the removal of Chlorine odour, Nitrates, Lead, Chromium, Barium, Campylobacter, E coli, Giardia, and water born viruses.

Reverse Osmosis Water Purifiers

The Reverse Osmosis water purification process is internationally recognised as being the most effective over the widest range of contaminants and the most economical compared to other available technologies.

The Reverse Osmosis unit provides ultrapure water for those looking for the highest quality of filtered water in both rural and town water applications.

The unit will remove all contaminants including lead, chromium, nitrates, barium, cadmium, as well as virus. This four-stage filtration process consists of a sediment filter carbon filter reverse osmosis membrane and a post carbon filter.

This unit is easily installed by a handyman, or a plumber can install a unit in approximately 90 minutes.