He doesn’t say “no”. Faced with the drought that is hitting France, the environmental deputy Julien Bayou does not rule out wanting to ban private swimming pools, he said on the antenna of BFMTV on Tuesday. A solution of “last resort”, he specifies. “For lack of anticipation, there are ALREADY restrictions on the use of water, for washing cars and sometimes for filling swimming pools. The challenge is not to ban swimming pools, it is to guarantee our vital water needs, ”said the elected official on Twitter, to qualify his remarks somewhat.
Today, 93 departments are affected by a restriction beyond vigilance. “It is the absence of actions on ecology that today we can no longer use water, commented the elected official on BFMTV. 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, that’s the issue. »
If the prohibition of private swimming pools is not to be excluded according to him, it should intervene “as a last resort”. Above all, Julien Bayou demands a “different relationship to water” in society. “When Lyon, Bordeaux (two towns run by environmentalists) put the municipal water regime, it is to allow the most vulnerable access to water. But it is also a way of fighting against immense waste. »
In practice, in France, the law clearly requires the prohibition of filling a private swimming pool when level 1 of the drought alert is activated (unless your swimming pool is new, and you need to fill it immediately ).