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Drought: "We never thought we would be affected like this", the disarray of the municipalities which lack water

2022-08-11T14:56:48.218Z


TESTIMONIALS - Tanker trucks, cuts at certain times of the day... Faced with water reserves that are inexorably depleted, mayors are faced with an emergency.


Let's fight to save water.

With 68 departments having at least part of their territory placed in "

crisis

" level, the Minister for the Ecological Transition, Christophe Béchu, sounded the alarm bell last week, stating that "

more than a hundred municipalities in France today no longer has drinking water

”.

A few hours earlier, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne set up an interministerial crisis unit.

In the four corners of the country, prefectural decrees already limit the watering of plants, the filling of swimming pools or the washing of vehicles.

But, faced with an exceptional situation and failing to see the rains appear, some mayors go even further.

Read alsoDrought: more than a hundred municipalities no longer have drinking water, warns the Minister for Ecological Transition

“I saw no alternative”

If tap cuts are a solution of last resort, they are already a reality for some.

Since Friday, residents…

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Source: lefigaro

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