In the Pyrénées-Orientales, water stakeholders meet several times a week:
“We are all expecting an extremely difficult year,”
recognizes Hichem Tachrift, director of the Joint Syndicate for the Protection and Management of Groundwater Tables. the Roussillon plain.
Because, if most of France is plagued by this never-ending rain, if certain departments, such as Pas-de-Calais, are even recording record humidity levels, the Pyrénées-Orientales have on their side experienced high temperatures this winter (27.5°C in Céret on February 4) without significant precipitation.
“The deficit has been quite incredible since 2022,”
notes the hydrogeologist.
On the Perpignan rain gauge, we recorded 13 mm of rain in January compared to 60 mm on average for this month of the year, and 23 mm in February compared to an average of 40 mm.
Certainly a few drops fell last month, then in recent days,
“but that’s not what’s going to change the situation”
, believes Simon…
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