At the request of Anne Hidalgo, the water from Paris files a complaint against X – Liberation

« The fight is just beginning against those responsible for this health scandal. Manufacturers will have to answer for their acts before the courts ”said the mayor of Paris, Anne Hidalgoin a press release from the Water of Paris, which filed a complaint at the Paris court at the request of the socialist councilor. “The State must do everything to make the manufacturers of these substances take care of depollution in the name of the polluter-pays principle. It is not for users to pay the bill ”says Anne Hidalgo.

This additional cost, evaluated at « Several tens of millions of euros, should not be supported by users, communities, nor drinking water operators »abound Dan LERTthe president of water of Paris. “The drinking water distributed in Paris is 100 % in accordance with health standards. It will remain so in 2026 thanks to the treatments that has been implemented and the actions to protect the resource carried out for many years ”underlined Dan LERT, also assistant to the mayor in charge of ecological transition, water and energy. However, public management has detected the presence of an unregulated PFAS in its adduction network, TFA, « Which is not integrated into health control », According to him.

Complaint « Is also a means of putting the national authorities in the face of their responsibilities, whether in the prevention of future pollution, so that the current situation does not continue or in the repair of the damage caused and the costs that are generated »he continued, judging that the state was not « Not up to it ».