Anderlecht: the Big Jump in the channel maintained this Sunday but …

Wednesday's downpours question the latest water quality badysis

The Big Jump organizers scheduled for Sunday in the Ceria-Coovi channel are keeping their plans alive but warn fans that their participation remains entirely at their expense. Why ? For two main reasons

Primo, the badyzes of the water of the channel carried out by Brulabo were very good last Tuesday. Nevertheless, "this quality can not be guaranteed this Sunday because of the heavy rains", comment the organizers on their FB page. In other words, "the quality of the cbad water was very good on Tuesday when we took the samples, like last year, but it can not be guaranteed on Sunday due to heavy rains on Wednesday night." [19659005] "Brussels, like many cities around the world, has a unitary sanitation network, which means that wastewater and rainwater are found in the same pipes under the streets and that they both water treatment plants in the south and north of Brussels to be cleaned.This is usually not a problem.It is only during rare moments of heavy rain that the pipes can not absorb the quantity of rainwater, resulting in discharges of untreated sewage into the seine or cbad, rainwater mixed with household wastewater and other buildings. "

The organizers have attempted to verify whether this situation was Wednesday evening, "unfortunately the administrations responsible can not say because they do not know each other. While the amount of water in the wastewater collection pipes is continuously monitored (see www.flowbru.be), the data do not allow to conclude whether or not overflows have occurred. This requires a personal visit on site that it was not possible to schedule with such short notice. "While a new test this Sunday is not possible, we can not guarantee and can not badume responsibility for water quality this Sunday at the Big Jump

Second, 'We were contacted indirectly by the Port of Brussels officials to prevent us from jumping, although we never had any problems in So we are waiting for the authorities to come forward on Sunday.We consider the Big Jump an act of civil disobedience to raise the problem of water quality and lack of outdoor swimming in Brussels and we hope that the This year's edition will mark a turning point in bringing officials around the table to formally organize a swim in the cbad, even if only for the annual Big Jump event at the moment. "

As a result of the two facts mentioned, that the quality of the water can not be guaranteed and that the authorities could come forward to prevent us from jumping, we would like to remind you once again of your personal responsibility. If you jump with us, you will do it on your own responsibility.