Is the drinking water supply in danger of drying up in Vittel and Contrexéville, two rural towns to the west of the Vosges?
On this territory of 11,000 souls, the question of the sharing of the resource between industrialists and communities is reflected during a public inquiry, open until May 31.
The consultation relates to a new distribution of the boreholes of the multinational Nestlé Waters (Vittel, Contrex, Hépar) in part of the Vosges water table.
“We regret that once again, priority is given to industrialists,”
protests Bernard Schmitt, spokesperson for the Eau 88 collective, which federates three environmental protection associations and the UFC-Que Choisir.
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Here, the reconstitution of groundwater is monitored like milk on the fire, even more so with global warming.
But for twenty years, nature no longer compensates for pumping in one of these reserves, the lower triassic sandstone aquifer (GTI).
Located 150 meters…
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