Every Saturday, hydrologist Emma Haziza and journalist Salomé Saqué offer you a lucid meeting on the environment. In this first episode, they address the issue of the lack of water that is rampant in France.
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On August 5, Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne’s announcement had the effect of a bomb: more than 100 French municipalities were simultaneously deprived of drinking water. Facing a “exceptional drought” and an “historical situation that many territories are going through”Prime Minister Elisabeth Borne decided to activate the interministerial crisis unit, and to mobilize tank trucks to supply the affected municipalities.
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This situation is unprecedented, and is the result of an accumulation of factors linked to climate change: abnormally low rainfall in winter, thus preventing groundwater and waterways from filling up during this season, which was followed by a dry spring , and a summer marked by a succession of sweltering heat waves.
How has water become a rare commodity, and above all, how should it be managed in the coming years to avoid wasting it, and distribute it equitably? Answer in this issue of “A Degree of Consciousness”.