Dealing with Lead Contamination During the Restoration of Notre Dame

On 15 April 2019 the Notre Dame cathedral caught fire, the damage included the loss of 400 tons of Lead from the roof. During the reconstruction all water from the site was collected and treated. Seibold Wasser analysers were used to measure Lead content before and after treatment. The technical difficulty was that not only was Lead present but other heavy metals as well.

28/11/2024