It is here in the Lohan district between La Roche and Maboge that the big break in the pipeline occurred.
Following a rupture, in the territory of La Roche, of a large pipe of the SWDE going from the Nisramont dam to Durbuy, a large part of the north of the province could be deprived of water supply by the end of day, this Saturday.
Residents of the municipalities of La Roche, Rendeux, Manhay, Érezée, do not hesitate to stock up on drinking water this Saturday afternoon, in anticipation of the hours to come! The message comes from Guy Gilloteaux, the mayor of La Roche-en-Ardenne.
On social networks this Saturday at the beginning of the afternoon, the mayor issued the following notice: “Following the rupture of an important pipeline of the SWDE, part of the town of La Roche (La Roche, Villez , Maboge, Cielle) could experience a water failure by the end of the day. “
Several municipalities in the north of the province impacted
The rupture in question occurred in the pipeline near the district of Lohan, very close to the Ourthe and the N. 860 which goes from La Roche to Maboge. The SWDE technicians will have hours to empty and purge all this pipe before being able to carry out repairs.
“I launched this message preventively to the population, explains the mayor of La Roche, because not only the inhabitants of La Roche, but also people in the municipalities of Manhay, Rendeux and Érezée risk being impacted by these cuts. water in the coming hours. The large pipeline concerned indeed leaves the Nisramont dam and supplies the entire north of the province as far as Durbuy. “
Blame it on the floods of last July!
One would have thought that the rupture in the pipe was the consequence of a possible overflow of water following heavy rains this week or even have a link with snowfall? This is not the case with all of this. “According to the first assumptions of the SWDE agents, we are suffering the consequences of the famous floods of last July,” said Guy Gilloteaux, mayor of La Roche. “These floods 6 months ago resulted in landslides or lifting of ground in certain places. “A hypothesis confirmed in the afternoon.
Fortunately, a secondary pipe provides the breakdown service. “However, specifies this Saturday evening the mayor of La Roche Guy Gilloteaux, this second pipe only allows a flow 4 times lower. This may not be satisfactory to support the demand of the five municipalities affected by the cut (Durbuy , Erezée, Rendeux, Manhay and La Roche-en-Ardenne.) For this reason, SWDE and a subcontractor have just started the site which should last all night. “
In order to avoid a power cut, the mayor of La Roche invites the users concerned to use their water in moderation until tomorrow Sunday end of the day.