The heavy rains caused a phenomenon of turbidity. The city organized a distribution of bottled water.
The water is currently unfit for consumption in Cahors (Lot). In question, the heavy rains which fell on the city and which caused a phenomenon of turbidity. The city therefore informed its inhabitants that the water distributed by the Grand Cahors water service should not be consumed.
Cahors follows the recommendations of the ARS (Regional Health Agency), relayed by The Dispatch et actu.fr: water should therefore not be used for drinking or preparing meals. Boiled, it can be eaten. Other domestic uses remain possible.
An organized bottled water distribution
Due to this restriction, the city has organized a bottled water distribution this Saturday from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., as well as tomorrow from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and from 4:30 p.m. to 7 p.m., in several areas of the city. Distribution is limited to 3 bottles per day for a four-person household.
With regard to the 1150 homes in the town supplied by other water distribution unions, the city invites the Cadurciens to get closer to their union: SESEL (Saint-Cirice, les Ramonets, La Marchande, etc.), Francoulès ( Saint-Henri) and Quercy Blanc (Lacapelle, La Rosière).
Municipal services are mobilized and will inform the population of any development in the situation. A new communication will be made this Monday, March 13, 2023.
A situation that is not unprecedented
This situation has already happened in other regions of France. In December 2022, around 4,400 inhabitants could not drink tap water in Seine-Maritime. In question, there too: heavy rains which had carried particles of clay and silt into the groundwater. “This phenomenon may be associated with a risk of microbial contamination”, then explained the ARS of Normandy.
In the Var, also in December 2022, the inhabitants of three communes in the Pays de Fayence (Tourrettes, Fayence and Seillans) could not use tap water either due to a high level of turbidity.