UV filter to treat contaminated Havelock Nth water

Auckland's Watercare will loan a portable filter to treat contaminated Havelock North water. Photo / File

A portable ultraviolet filter will be used to treat contaminated Havelock North water as hundreds of sick residents continue to seek medical treatment for a violent gastric bug.

Watercare, which manages Auckland's water supply, is loaning the UV filter as the Hastings District Council deals with a mass outbreak of campylobactor, which has made up to 2000 people sick, including one elderly patient who remains in intensive care. A second critically ill person has improved and is now in a general ward.