Queenstown businesses are bracing themselves for tough times ahead with the town potentially having to boil water for months.
The area's in the grip of an outbreak of infections from a waterborne parasite.
Known cases of the cryptosporidium illness have reached 21, and the national water regulators have slapped a compliance notice on the region.
Queenstown Chamber of Commerce CEO Sharon Fifield told Mike Hosking that businesses are managing things at the moment.
Adding to the misery, a state of emergency has just been declared in Queenstown due to the weather.
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