Bordeaux administrative court rules overflow of two sanitation basins constitutes an infraction of the environmental code. Investigation carried out by the gendarmerie into the origins of the pollution which led to the oyster crisis in the Arcachon basin in December is still underway.
The judge in fact points to “repeated malfunctions” causing “polluting discharges” The two entities also have a period of four months to formalize their request for the construction of “a storm overflow on each of the safety basins”