2023-11-10 16:30:00
“The subject of this letter concerned a request for consultation on environmental data linked to water quality, for which follow-up was ensured by the Walloon Minister of the Environment, as the latter specified”, said Minister Morreale’s office.
In January 2023, the Flemish Minister of the Environment, Zuhal Demir, sent a letter to her Walloon and Brussels counterparts to warn them of problems with drinking water in Halle, distributed by Vivaqua, several media reported on Friday. A letter which implies that Céline Tellier – but also Christie Morreale, Alain Maron and Elke Van den Brandt – were aware of the situation.
Contamination of water with PFAS: ministers Maron, Van den Brandt, Morreale and Tellier were alerted by Flanders in March 2022
In this document, Zuhal Demir refers to a first letter dating from March 2022 in which she already informs that the reference values of EFSA – the European Food Safety Authority – for drinking water are still not respected in areas where Flanders imports drinking water from other regions.
The Flemish minister then assures that “a recent emergency notification indicates that the drinking water in Halle, supplied by Vivaqua, contains levels of PFAS higher than the EFSA reference values, but also considerably higher than the standards future European provisions of the amended European Drinking Water Directive”.
According to an RTBF investigation broadcast Wednesday evening, analyzes of distribution water in Chièvres showed that some 12,000 inhabitants of the region consumed water contaminated with PFAS exceeding 5 times the tolerable dose set by the European Health Authority. food safety.
The presence of PFAS was detected by the SWDE in Chièvres
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