Almost all of the fish present in the coeuvat are dead, between the Village addlot and the French border. The Cantonal Environment Office made it the revelation on Tuesday. About 95% of the fish fauna was decimated. This significant death rate is directly linked to the fire which ravaged a Coeuve farm last Thursday, confirm the investigations carried out by the Office of the Environment. The waters used for extinction have both transited by clear and worn water networks, which caused acute pollution.
A observation of mortality was first reported in neighboring France, detail the authorities. The Jurassic Office has installed a decantation basin downstream of clear water pipes in order to reduce residual impacts. However, damage was “irreversible”. All of the trout, namely a few dozen individuals, as well as several hundred chabots have been decimated. The fish are probably dead in the minutes following the rejection of extinction waters, according to the state of decomposition observed.
This pollution was “inevitable” because of the importance of the claim, the risks involved and the volumes of water used, details the communication of the canton. The treatment plant located in LUGNEZ is not large enough to manage this type of disaster and therefore could not contain the entire polluting load.
The Office of the Environment will draw up a global assessment of fish losses in collaboration with the French authorities and “define possible measures aimed at limiting the impact of such events on the natural environment” with fire and rescue services. /comm-jad
