Overview

• A collective of 400 residents will lodge a complaint against X with the Mulhouse prosecutor on August 4 over PFAS-tainted water in the Saint-Louis agglomeration.
• Plaintiffs claim Saint-Louis Agglomération and its private operator Veolia provided PFAS-contaminated tap water for two years at levels among the highest recorded in France.
• Analyses since April 2023 revealed PFAS concentrations up to 0.459 µg/L in communes including Blotzheim, Hésingue and Bartenheim, far above the 0.1 µg/L legal threshold.
• The lawsuit charges deliberate endangerment of life, distribution of a harmful product, environmental offences and breaches of health regulations.
• Residents dispute the prefecture’s firefighting-foam explanation and demand reimbursement of water bills for the period of contamination.