Clean Water Restored in Utrecht and Surrounding Areas, Water Company Confirms

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The drinking water in the Utrecht region is once again "completely clean" and "safe to drink," reports Vitens. This is according to the results of tests conducted by the water company. The recommendation to boil water before use has therefore been lifted. On Saturday, it was revealed that a bacterium had been discovered in a drinking water storage facility in Utrecht. It was enterococci, a bacterium that also occurs naturally in the human intest…

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Drinking water: Over the past few days, Corine Nijenhuis has been following the news surrounding the contaminated drinking water in Utrecht and has noticed: you can also…

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Good news for Utrecht residents: the boil-water advisory in the region has been lifted. This was reported by drinking water company Vitens. Two rounds of testing have been conducted in recent days, and these have shown that the water is clean again. Everyone can therefore safely use tap water again.

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Several political parties in the province of Utrecht have advocated for the creation of an emergency water supply. The VVD, PvdA, and UtrechtNU! made this suggestion in written questions to the Provincial Executive in response to recent drinking water problems in Utrecht. In parts of the province, drinking water is contaminated with the intestinal bacterium enterococci.