Some passers-by in Longjumeau (Essonne) testify to having smelled the smell of fuel oil at the Gravigny station.
This Wednesday, May 26, an oil pollution on the Yvette river was detected.
The union that manages the watercourse, the Siahvy, as well as the Barley union and the firefighters have been hard at work ever since to limit it as much as possible and protect the two watercourses.
“We were contacted yesterday (Wednesday) around 6 pm about a pollution on the Yvette, indicates the communication direction of the Orge union.
When our teams arrived on site, the firefighters were already there.
It is an oil pollution on the Yvette.
This river having a confluence with the Barley, we work in concert with the union of Yvette (
the Siahvy
).
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No wildlife mortality was observed
The origin of the pollution was not yet identified on Wednesday.
"Either it's accidental, or it's voluntary, like a company that degasses," explains the Barley union.
The polluter pays principle is not always easy to apply, because it is not always possible to identify the polluter, and even when this is the case, it is not always followed up.
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For the moment, "no mortality on the fauna" has been observed.
The agents of the Orge union put up two pollution control barriers on the Orge, one at the level of the Duparchy space between Viry-Chatillon and Savigny-sur-Orge, and reinforced another in Épinay-sur-Orge, close to the confluence with the Yvette.
“This action made it possible to reduce the impact on the natural environment,” assures the union.
The valves were also operated in order to avoid contaminating the Barley on Juvisy and to stop the pollution before the Seine, which could lead to variations in the level of the rivers.
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An investigation to find the origin of the pollution
The Yvette union is carrying out an investigation to find the source of pollution located at Chilly-Mazarin, while the on-call service of the Orge union, in coordination with the Siahvy, "remained mobilized all night long. to follow the evolution of the situation ”.
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This pollution has been reported by many residents worried about seeing their favorite watercourse, the Yvette or l'Orge, contaminated. This is the case of Camille, an inhabitant of Savigny, who, like other walkers, called the firefighters. "There were significant traces of what appears to be hydrocarbons in the Barley near Savigny on Wednesday afternoon", testifies the teenager. “It's the same thing every year and nobody does anything,” deplores Georges, a resident of Longjumeau. We must go back to the source and do an investigation to find the culprits. "