The boil water notice for Havelock North water has been lifted - three weeks after the initial gastro outbreak which affected around 5200 people.
The Hastings District Council announced this afternoon that the third clear water test in a row came back today, allowing the notice to be lifted.
The results confirm that water from the Hastings source is fully through the Havelock North system after the Brookfield bores were closed off early last week, Hastings District Council chief executive Ross McLeod said.
The boil water was imposed on August 12 after the Hawke's Bay District Health Board and Hastings District Council considered that the water could be the cause of illness being suffered by an abnormally large number of Havelock North residents.
The water was immediately chlorinated and a 'boil water' notice issued. The suspicion that the water was the cause of the wave of illness was confirmed by water test results the following day.