After the Caetano storm, which crossed the west on Thursday November 21, a power cut caused the shutdown of the Mazerolles drinking water production unit, located in Saint-Mars-du-Désert (Loire- Atlantic). These installations supply drinking water to the municipalities of Saint-Mars-du-Désert, Ligné, Petit-Mars, Les-Touches, Trans-sur-Erdre and Sucé-sur-Erdre.
The Atlantic'Eau departmental union informed the town halls of this incident, which is still current Monday, November 25, in the evening. “The subscribers of your municipality are therefore supplied by the Plessis-Pas-Brunet unit in Nort-sur-Erdre, he indicates, This shift can possibly lead, locally, to water coloring phenomena.”
“No health hazard”
This coloring of the water represents “an inconvenience for the consumer. But it is not dangerous for health. ensures the public service organization. At the tap, if the water takes on a particular color, the union strongly encourages residents to contact Veolia on 02 40 45 15 15, “the single point of contact to contact quickly, so that purge operations can be carried out as close as possible to the phenomenon as quickly as possible”.
Back to normal this week
And to add: “In addition, the internal network must also be purged by letting the water flow from the taps until the water is clear again.”
The teams work, “the situation is being restored”. A return to normal is estimated “during the week”, “if the electrical situation remains satisfactory on the Mazerolles site”.
