Tag: Potable water
Oil drilling in Seine-et-Marne endangers the capital’s drinking water resources
“An environmental disaster. » This Monday, the Paris town hall denounced, in a press release, a new oil drilling project, authorized by the State, in Seine-et-Marne, which according to it…
The number of cholera cases doubled in two days
From 13 to 26. The number of people suffering from cholera is increasing in Mayotte, according to a new report presented on Sunday by the prefecture and the regional health…
Will bottled water disappear due to pollution of sources?
JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN / AFP The Nestlé Waters scandal highlighted the problem of groundwater pollution. JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN / AFP The Nestlé Waters scandal highlighted the problem of groundwater pollution. WATERS –…
Are natural mineral waters likely to disappear with climate change?
Two million bottles of Perrier will not be “viewed on the terrace” this spring… Nestlé Waters, producer of this sparkling mineral water, announced on Wednesday that it had destroyed part…
Vittel, Perrier, Hépar… Could Nestlé Waters’ purification practices cause its downfall?
Officially, it’s obvious: natural mineral waters are not treated unlike tap water. But a joint investigation by World and of Radio France, published this Tuesday, shows that few bottlers respect…
Will you take your water from nano plastics or pesticides?
Let us spare ourselves for the occasion an introduction based on “water is life”. A recent study published by a team of researchers from Columbia University, in New York, aiming…
The price will increase, warns the federation of private water companies
Economical, reliable, the water flowing from hexagonal taps makes people happy. The vast majority of French people are satisfied with it (90%). But they will have to get used to…
Unprecedented in Europe, a factory transforms our wastewater into drinking water
The equipment is, for the moment, unique in France and even in Europe. This is why many elected officials and technicians made the trip. The first unit for producing drinking…
150,000 euros fine for Engie after pollution of its methanizer
It’s a drop in the bucket in the French energy giant’s overall budget. Found guilty of pollution generated by its methanizer in Châteaulin, in Finistère, the company Engie has just…
Blood tests in Belgium after contamination of drinking water
Have the inhabitants of the Belgian region of Wallonia, in the south of the country, been contaminated with “eternal pollutants”? In order to measure their exposure, the regional Minister of…