Overview
- Waterschap Aa en Maas said residents could resume normal water use on Thursday afternoon after the treatment facility restarted fully on temporary power.
- Ten mobile generators now supply the plant with electricity equivalent to the consumption of about 750 households, which the operator noted is too large to keep permanently on standby.
- The outage that began Tuesday halted treatment and caused local overflows before wastewater was routed via a bypass to the River Maas for dilution.
- Roughly 90,000 households in Land van Cuijk, Odiliapeel and Zeeland were asked to limit flushing, showers and laundry during the disruption, while officials stressed that drinking water was safe.
- Fire crews first pumped out a flooded electrical area to make the site accessible, enabling installation of emergency power and a gradual restart as investigators work to determine the fault.