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Do private pools threaten the water supply?

2022-08-26T17:44:43.648Z


THE VERIFICATION – After a summer marked by drought, the potential ban on private pools is debated, especially on the side of environmentalists.


While the summer was marked by a severe drought, the opprobrium is thrown on the private swimming pools.

The controversy was launched by Julien Bayou, national secretary of Europe Ecology Les Verts, earlier this week, on BFM-TV, who said he was not opposed to their ban.

"

I'm not saying no.

I tell you that the challenge is to repair the effects of climate change, to mitigate its future effects, and to prepare the country: we need a vast adaptation plan

, ”he said.

But faced with this statement received with great virulence on Twitter, Julien Bayou made a point of clarifying his remarks in

Le Figar

o:

“We are not for the banning of swimming pools

”.

Despite this, the debate was launched and in Brussels, some members of the majority seized on it.

Pascal Canfin, Renew Europe MEP, did not condemn the proposal.

Ban private swimming pools?

The question is legitimate and we should not be afraid of it, it is a matter of common sense for collective use...

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Source: lefigaro

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