{"id":"dossiers/PL8511","title":"PL8511 — Eau potable","type":"dossier","html":"<p>Bill 8511 (\"Eau potable\"). The Chamber debated and voted it on 21 January 2026.</p>\n<p>Sittings: <a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2026-01-21-n122\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2026-01-21-n122\">Sitting of 21 January 2026</a></p>\n<h2>Debate</h2>\n<h3>21 January 2026 — <a href=\"/lhoft?page=topics%2Fenvironment-and-water\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"topics/environment-and-water\">Environment, water and nature</a></h3>\n<p>Projet de loi 8511 amending the law of 31 July 1962 on the SEBES syndicate, giving it the task of treating Moselle water for drinking water and of producing renewable energy; the ADR obtained a separate vote on article 1, which was carried by 55 votes to 5.</p>\n<p>Gusty Graas (DP), praising the drinking-water structure built up in Luxembourg and the role of the communes:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mir kënnen och houfreg sinn op déi Drénkwaasserstruktur, déi mer hei zu Lëtzebuerg an all deene Joren opgebaut hunn, wou natierlech och d’Gemengen e grousse Meritt drun hunn.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>We can also be proud of the drinking-water structure that we have built up here in Luxembourg over all those years, in which the communes of course have great merit.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2026-01-21-n122\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2026-01-21-n122\">Sitting of 21 January 2026</a>, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Fgusty-graas\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/gusty-graas\">Gusty Graas</a>, DP</p>\n<p>Claire Delcourt (LSAP), saying she hopes Moselle water will be drinkable in 14 or 15 years:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Ech ka just nëmmen hoffen, dass mer a 14, 15 Joer dann tatsächlech kënnen e Glas Waasser aus der Musel drénken.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>I can only hope that in 14 or 15 years we will actually be able to drink a glass of water from the Moselle.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2026-01-21-n122\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2026-01-21-n122\">Sitting of 21 January 2026</a>, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Fclaire-delcourt\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/claire-delcourt\">Claire Delcourt</a>, LSAP</p>\n<p>Michel Lemaire (ADR), objecting to voting laws blindly without seeing where growth is leading the country:</p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mir gesinn net an, dass mer blann Gesetzer stëmmen, ouni dass mer eng Richtung gesinn, wou de Wuesstum eis hiféiert.</p>\n</blockquote>\n<p><em>We do not accept voting blindly on laws without seeing a direction in which growth is taking us.</em></p>\n<p><a href=\"/lhoft?page=seances%2F2026-01-21-n122\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"seances/2026-01-21-n122\">Sitting of 21 January 2026</a>, <a href=\"/lhoft?page=deputies%2Fmichel-lemaire\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"deputies/michel-lemaire\">Michel Lemaire</a>, ADR</p>\n<h2>Votes</h2>\n<h3>Main vote: PL 8511 - Eau potable</h3>\n<p>21 January 2026 — Premier vote constitutionnel.</p>\n<table><thead><tr><th>Party</th><th style=\"text-align: right;\">For</th><th style=\"text-align: right;\">Against</th><th style=\"text-align: right;\">Abstain</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td><a href=\"/lhoft?page=parties%2Fcsv\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"parties/csv\">CSV</a></td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">21</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"/lhoft?page=parties%2Fdp\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"parties/dp\">DP</a></td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">14</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"/lhoft?page=parties%2Flsap\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"parties/lsap\">LSAP</a></td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">12</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"/lhoft?page=parties%2Fadr\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"parties/adr\">ADR</a></td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">5</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"/lhoft?page=parties%2Fdei-greng\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"parties/dei-greng\">déi gréng</a></td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">4</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"/lhoft?page=parties%2Fpiraten\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"parties/piraten\">Piraten</a></td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">2</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td></tr><tr><td><a href=\"/lhoft?page=parties%2Fdei-lenk\" class=\"wikiLink\" data-target=\"parties/dei-lenk\">déi Lénk</a></td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">2</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Total</strong></td><td style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>55</strong></td><td style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>0</strong></td><td style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>5</strong></td></tr></tbody></table>\n<h3>Other votes on this bill</h3>\n<p>1 further votes, one row each. The party columns show how many deputies voted each way.</p>\n<table><thead><tr><th>Vote</th><th>Date</th><th style=\"text-align: right;\">For</th><th style=\"text-align: right;\">Against</th><th style=\"text-align: right;\">Abstain</th><th>Parties against or abstaining</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>PL 8511 - Vote séparé (article 1)</td><td>21 January 2026</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">55</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">5</td><td style=\"text-align: right;\">0</td><td>ADR against</td></tr></tbody></table>\n<p>No deputy voted against the majority of their party in any of these votes.</p>"}