The results came in late last week. During a "routine" check, the landlord Gecina was informed that the lead level measured in an office building located in the Faubourg de l'Arche district, in Courbevoie, was above the tolerated threshold. That is, a rate of 0.16 grams per litre when the threshold is 0.10 grams per litre, after a regulatory amendment reduced it from 2013.0 grams per litre to 25.<> grams per litre prior to <>.
The lessor Gecina, following water analyzes, informed the City at the end of last week of a lead level very slightly above the norm on a building in the Faubourg de l'Arche district.
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Immediately informed, the regional health agency (ARS) did not recommend any particular measures. Gecina nevertheless decided to distribute bottled water to the company renting the building. In this case, Keolis, a private passenger transport operator, which settled on 6,000 m² in the Pyramidion building renamed Sunside last October, after a major rehabilitation phase.
"All the water fountains have been blocked and information posters have been put up in the elevators," says Keolis' communication department, adding that this had not caused any particular concern among the 450 employees who occupy the site.
Analyses of the city's network
Additional analyses on the network have nevertheless been carried out by the distributor Suez, the results of which should be known within ten days. The measured rate appears all the more unexplained that the building dates from 2007 and that the Faubourg de l'Arche district, relatively recent, has no lead pipes, according to the city of Courbevoie. In addition, the results of the analyses carried out in the neighbouring building, the Adamas Tower, also managed by Gecina, show a rate of 0.9 grams per litre.
As a precautionary measure, the city of Courbevoie has also decided, on the one hand, to carry out analyses on its network, the results of which will be known by Wednesday. On the other hand, to distribute bottled water in a nursery school (Les Fauvelles) and eight early childhood structures. Parents have been informed of the situation.
