It was very hot, and it hasn’t rained for three weeks. Result: the drought is accentuated in the Tarn-et-Garonne, which displays a 50% rainfall deficit since the beginning of the year. Faced with the drastic drop in rivers, the prefecture has just issued two new decrees this Wednesday, July 20.
Fishing prohibited in places
“Aquatic environments suffer“drought, specifies the prefecture of Tarn-et-Garonne, which decides toprohibit fishing in the Seye, the Baye, and the Bonnette.
Limited water withdrawals
At the same time, new restrictions on the use of water are decided. They will enter effective this Saturday July 23, from 8 a.m.
Farmers have a total ban on taking samples (unless there is an exemption) from the watercourses, tributaries and accompanying aquifers of the unreplenished Tescou basin, the upstream Lemboulas basin, the Lupte-Lembous basin, the the Barguelonne upstream, the Lendou basin, the Séoune basin, the Aroue basin, and the Boudouyssou basin.
Other less drastic prohibition measures are taken in other basins. Details can be found on the prefecture’s website.
Re the details, depending on the place of residence, it is forbidden to irrigate vegetable gardens and greenhouses at certain times (during the day); It is also prohibited to irrigate sports grounds, lawns and green spaces, to wash vehicles or roofs, or to fill bodies of water with amenities.
Here again, the details of the measures can be found on the prefecture’s website, with a detailed map of the department and the different levels of prohibition depending on the sector.
Drinking water under threat
The prefecture warns that an order could be issued “very quickly“to limit the use of drinking water outside of essential uses. This would concern the entire department. Restrictive measures have already been taken locally by certain drinking water distributors, again according to the prefecture. This concerns the sectors of the Pays de Serre in Quercy and the Valleys and Gorges of Aveyron.