The government is mobilizing against the drought

Faced with a worrying winter drought and a particularly low groundwater level for this time of year, the government is mobilizing.

A series of meetings are planned and a national plan dedicated to water resources will be unveiled in mid-March.

This Monday evening, the Minister for Ecological Transition, Christophe Béchu, and his Secretary of State, Bérangère Couillard, summoned the six basin coordinator prefects in France.

Responsible for managing each of the six major French river basins (Adour-Garonne, Artois-Picardie, Loire-Bretagne, Rhin-Meuse, Rhône-Méditerranée-Corse and Seine-Normandy), they first took stock of the situation in each of their areas.

it was indicated in the entourage of the minister.

Savoy in a state of vigilance

However, the low rainfall in recent months - especially last October and during this month of February, the driest since 1959 - has had variable consequences from a…

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