As the number of sick people increased to 3,200 in Havelock North, New Zealand, a town of 13,000, focus has shifted to the source of the Campylobacter in the water supply, particularly a mushroom farm.

An investigation into a previous contamination in Havelock North’s water supply has found earthworks on a neighboring mushroom farm may be to blame.

The government will hold its own independent inquiry into the contamination of Havelock North’s water supply, it has announced.

I served on the inquiry after the Walkerton E. coli O157:H7 outbreak killed seven and sickened 2,500 in a town of 5,000.

My second daughter is getting married on Saturday, she was 10 when Walkerton happened, and we were and still are close friends with some of the families involved.

Cute grandson (I used to have hair like that).

All the news, it just repeats itself.

Safe water is a public health priority.