After heavy rain: drinking water contaminated with faecal bacteria in several Bernese municipalities
In various municipalities in Bern, residents are called upon to boil their drinking water before use due to contamination.
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In various municipalities in Bern, residents are called upon to boil their drinking water before use due to contamination.
In the city of Zurich, school buildings have to turn on all the taps once a week during the summer vacation. This results in a lot of unused waste water - but it's not a waste, because it prevents legionella.
Despite heavy thunderstorms in recent days, Swiss groundwater levels are falling. However, the drinking water supply is still guaranteed.
The groundwater level in Ticino is at a record low. The Office for Water Protection and Water Supply has therefore asked the municipalities around Locarno to check the water reservoirs, as drinking water is likely to become scarce in the coming weeks.
The Sitter has been struggling with declining water quality for some time now. Slurry and germs from sewage treatment plants are polluting the water. This is increasingly becoming a problem for bathers.
It calls for consistent supervision by the cantons and a review of the agricultural water protection program.
Everyone can make a small or somewhat larger contribution to saving water in their own household.
The situation in Lombardy and Piedmont is dramatic: the water is running out in the river's catchment area. Now the night-time drinking water supply is to be cut off in 125 municipalities in the Po Valley.
The people of Sierre VS have had to boil their drinking water since Wednesday. The reason for the undrinkable water is probably contamination by bacteria.
The "Lakers Red" was a unique project. A special beer was created from the melted ice from the previous season. This was only possible because the melted ice water was turned into drinking water by Evodrop.