Water illegally pumped up: ‘water well was topped up via buried pipe’

Still, a farmer continued to suck water from the Steenbeek with a submersible pump to irrigate crops. He constantly refilled a well through a buried pipe. The Steenbeek is connected to the Blankaarvijver, whose water level has never been lower at just 2m10. Natuurpunt IJzervallei discovered the infringement, the case is in the hands of the public prosecutor of Veurne. In the IJzerpolder South, five reports have already been drawn up this summer for serious violations of the capture ban.