Coli bacteria in the drinking water of Glauchau

Coli bacteria in the drinking water of Glauchau

07/19/2012

After the detection of coliform bacteria in drinking water in the greater Erfurt area in Thuringia last week, the quality of drinking water in the supply area of ​​the Kertzsch waterworks in the Zwickau district of Saxony is now impaired. According to the Regional Zweckverband Wasserversorgung Lugau-Glauchau, intestinal germs have reached the drinking water of Meerane, Waldenburg, Oberwiera, Remse and Schönberg.

Boil drinking water because of coliform bacteria
Of the contaminated water, about 22,000 inhabitants in the villages Meerane are affected except the districts Neubsergebiet Remser way and industrial estate, Waldenburg without Ober- and Niederwinkel, Oberwiera, Remse and Schönberg. In this area, the limit values ​​for coli bacteria were exceeded, as a drinking water analysis of the health department of the district Zwickau showed. Countermeasures with chlorates are currently being taken.

To prevent health hazards, the affected citizens should, as a precaution, boil the drinking water for five minutes before drinking, using it for food preparation or brushing one's teeth. The Zweckverband informed public social institutions such as day-care centers, schools as well as nursing homes directly. In addition, handbills were distributed. At the cause of the pollution one works, so the Zweckverband. Citizens should be prepared for the contamination to last at least four days.

In Thuringia was canceled Abkochgebot
On the penultimate Monday intestinal germs were already detected at routine inspections in the drinking water of Erfurt and some communities in the districts Sömmerda and Gotha in Thuringia. The subsequently issued Abkochgebot, which affected about 280,000 citizens, was initially extended and finally lifted last Monday. (Ag)

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