2023-11-13 16:59:29
Last Wednesday, the show #Investigation denounced the PFAS contamination of tap water in certain Walloon municipalities. And, since then, Brussels residents have been wondering: what is happening in our city? When you pour yourself a glass of water, do you also swallow a good swig of PFAS?
To find out, apparently, nothing might be simpler: just go to the Vivaqua website. The intermunicipal association has created a web page to answer consumer questions. Page created on November 8, the same day that the show Investigation was broadcast.
The page takes you to a other page. Which asks you to enter your exact address (the water distributed in Brussels comes from several different places and certain municipalities are supplied by different reservoirs depending on the neighborhood). You then get three numbers… Which do NOT talk regarding PFAS but only the hardness of your water, useful for adjusting your dishwasher.
You must then click on the small tab on the right (“PDF version”) to receive the complete analysis of your water. Three pages of small written numbers. In which is hidden, just before the end, a small line which indicates the sum of 20 PFAS.
Be careful, there is still a little subtlety (or a little trap, it’s up to you). Whereas, generally this figure is given in nanograms. It is, here, in micrograms. So you will have to multiply it by 1000.
We did the test: in September, the water flowing into the taps of the RTBF building on Boulevard Reyers, coming from the Rhode reservoir, contained 28 nanograms of PFAS per liter. This is less than the future European standard, which allows up to 100 nanograms per liter. It is also the highest rate in Brussels, the lowest being less than 1 nanogram per liter (Ixelles reservoir, which notably serves part of Brussels City, but NOT Ixelles). The municipalities served by the Callois reservoir were at 17 nanograms per liter.
The plan of the areas served by reservoir can be found here (page 3).
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