Overview
- VVD, PvdA and UtrechtNU! have filed written questions to the provincial executive urging an emergency stock of drinking water.
- Vitens has advised since Saturday that residents in the affected area boil tap water for three minutes, covering about 125,000 connections.
- Enterococci were found in parts of the system, prompting calls to explain how the bacterium entered the supply and how recurrence will be prevented.
- Vitens notes it uses daily replenished storage cellars and says water quality declines if stored there for more than 24 hours, complicating stockpiling.
- Bottled water reportedly sold out in stores as residents sought alternatives, and the province is a Vitens shareholder with oversight leverage.