Residents of the Ferme de Taussat district of Lanton on the Arcachon Basin are exasperated. The wastewater management network has been overflowing since Friday and for the third time since October.

Nauseous odors, fear of Escherichia coli contamination and toilet paper debris in the street. “The locals are abandoned while the oysters are pampered and put in clean water. We just ask to be notified when the sewers are out of control,” says an opposition representative.