THE WATERWORKS

Located just a few hundred metres from the viaduct in the direction of Change, the water plant is a building that deserves a detour. It is true that his inauguration on 29 May 1914 led to the arrival of a President of the Republic in Laval a few days before the outbreak of the first world war. That day, Lorrain Raymond Poincaré swallows a glass of ozonée water that he finds excellent. " He would have had bad luck in finding a poor water that he dégustait in the eye, writes a journalist at the time. If he became taxpayers, he would probably change his mind. " At present, this plant produces nearly 5 500 000 m ³ of water per year that it distributes to 83 000 people. Each year, the city of Laval sells about 1 200 000 m ³ of water to the 16 members of the C.R.U.E.L. (rural municipality users of water from Laval). The pumping capacity of the water plant is approximately 1 600 m ³/h with two pumps of 800 m ³/h each. The daily peak rate consumed on the city of Laval reaches 22 200 m ³/d.