The Zilleboevijver in Ypres is a gathering place for the production of our drinking water. But in the water, and especially here in the Westhoek, is 1,2,4 triazool, or remnants of fungal fighters that they use in agriculture, among other things. Minister Brouns set the standard ten times higher than Europe allows. And that is not possible, according to two environmental organizations that go to the Council of State as a symbolic action.
Lieven Stubbe from Natuurpunt De Source: “If that is possible for that substance, that is also possible for other substances and where does that stop? This is in fact a kind of notification that we give. You do not solve the problem by raising the standard , whatever standard – European or Flemish.