Water from the IJzer is also used to make drinking water. That is why the Watergroep has also lodged an objection against the permit for the waste processing company TMZ. Yet we should not worry, the water group assures. Brigitte van Damme, the water group: “People should not worry about the quality of the drinking water, it meets all quality standards. We have in it
framework of the source protection objects to that adjustment of the environmental conditions for waste company TWZ. It is a discharge on four kilometers from the intake point of rough water from the IJzer, which then goes to the savings of the Water Production Center De Blankaart to make drinking water out of it. The impact of the discharge on water quality, the size of the intake is not negligible and must be charged. “
