The emblematic bonnotte, a tasty little potato from Noirmoutier, is washed down with water from our toilets or our washing machines.
The Vendée island, which is chronically dry, has set up a system for cleaning its wastewater to continue cultivating.
Collateral benefits, this makes it possible "to avoid reducing the quality of shellfish farming waters (shellfish
farming
) with the discharge of effluents", explains Julie Mendret, teacher-researcher specializing in water sciences and techniques at the European Membrane Institute.
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