2023-09-21 23:01:14
The northern part of the Jura department was placed on alert on Thursday September 21 « crisis » for drought. This is the highest alert level, leading to restrictions on water use in the face of “insufficient precipitation”, announced the prefecture. The level of vigilance has been raised to « crisis » (fourth level out of four) for uses “uneconomic” water, and ” alert “ (second level) for economic uses.
These measures involve a total cessation of watering and cleaning of facades, roofs and sidewalks by individuals, as well as a cessation of watering of sports fields as well as a ban on the filling and emptying of swimming pools.
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For the economic sector, this implies a ban on washing vehicles in stations (except systems equipped with high pressure or water recycling), stopping the watering of construction sites or even golf courses during the day. Manufacturers are required to reduce their levies by 10%.
Two other sectors of the department (Calcareous Plateau and Haute-Chaîne) have been placed on alert “heightened alert” (third level) for economic and non-economic uses of water. Companies are therefore called upon to reduce their consumption by 20%.
“The water crisis is not yet behind us”
As of September 1, France still had 62% of its groundwater, the main reserves of drinking water, below seasonal norms, including 18% at very low levels, the Bureau of Geological and Mining Research (BRGM) announced on Thursday. ).
The situation is “worrying”even “concerning”on the Mediterranean rim, on the Rhone corridor and the south of Alsace “which are experiencing historic minimums in many sectors”explained Violaine Bault, hydrogeologist at BRGM.
According to the Minister of Ecological Transition, Christophe Béchu, as of September 8, 189 municipalities were deprived of drinking water, twice as many as on August 10. This is certainly less than last year at the same time, when some 700 municipalities were affected, but “the water crisis is not yet behind us”he noted.
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