A consultation is starting today in the South Medoc on water drilling projects to supply the metropolis of Bordeaux. It is held just before the public inquiry into these 14 boreholes which must be carried out in the Temple and in Saumos by 2024 for supply 10 million cubic meters per year to the municipalities of the agglomeration. A need while the metropolis continues to expand and water needs are increasingly important. a large-scale project which do not want the silviculturists of the Médoc, who are worried about the consequences on their trees.
We have been able to provide scientific field analysis studies which clearly show that pines can die. Not only the pines, but also all the biodiversity around. – Michel Robert, president of the Association for the maintenance of forestry activity in Médoc
They believe that maritime pine forests are directly threatened by the catchment field which must suck the water and redirect it towards the Metropolis. These trees could be thirsty in summer if the water table they use for drinking drops even by 10 centimeters. This is what emerges from studies carried out by AMAF, the Association for the maintenance of forestry activity in Médoc. An association created a few months ago by Michel Robert, a former forester. It brings together several forestry professionals. “Recently, we were nevertheless able to provide scientific field analysis studies which clearly show that pines can die and not only pines, but also all the biodiversity around them. Whether oaks, chestnuts and wetlands are also at risk“, affirms Michel Robert.
Association therefore expects a lot from the consultation that begins this Tuesday, already to put on the table the doubts they have about the project. But also to offer other solutions. As the desalination of ocean water. A technique quickly swept away by the vice-president of the metropolis in charge of water. “We don’t know how to do it yet and we need an immediate solution“, explains Sylvie Cassou-Schotte. But it guarantees that if the consultation shows, with supporting evidence, that the project is dangerous for the ecosystem of the Medocan forests, it could be seriously questioned.