2023-11-17 19:25:59
During its hearing in the Walloon parliament, the management committee of the Walloon Water Company apologized for not having insisted enough on obtaining these recommendations. Article reserved for subscribers Journalist at the Planète pole By Jean-François Munster Published on 11/17/2023 at 8:25 p.m. Reading time: 2 min
How might we allow the population of Chièvres to drink water heavily contaminated with Pfas for more than a year and a half, when this situation was known? This is the question that Walloon parliamentarians are seeking to clarify. After hearing the Minister of the Environment Céline Tellier (Ecolo) this Tuesday, the deputies questioned at length – almost eight hours of debate… – the managers of the Walloon Water Distribution Company (SWDE) this Friday. They were also supposed to hear officials from the Walloon Public Service but due to lack of time, the hearing was postponed until next Thursday.
The SWDE now says it is determined to learn lessons from this issue. “Our priority for the future is to anticipate the future standard,” continues Eric Van Sevenant. “From now on, if the threshold is exceeded, we will apply all the rules in force for other substances, namely declaring the incident, warning the municipalities, making alternative means available if the situation persists, etc. »
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