Mr Langlois met Environment and Public Services on Thursday to make a last attempt to persuade them that generations of Islanders were not wrong in believing that fresh palatable water flows in streams under the sea bed from Normandy to the north coast.
Both Mr Langlois, representing the Island’s well drillers, and Environment Department director Chris Newton reached an agreement to carry out tests to see which of them is right about the origins of Jersey’s deep water supplies.

