Ile-de-France and Oise: droughts are increasing, so are water use restrictions

2023-06-21 16:33:52

It took two weeks of sweltering heat for Pascale to discover that her city was on “high alert”. Mantes-la-Ville, like some 80 towns in the center of Yvelines, is subject to an order restricting the use of water signed by the prefect… from 7 April. Global warming may well be on the front of the stage, its concrete consequences have not yet really integrated the daily lives of Ile-de-France residents.