Drought causes Swiss water levels to fall to record lows

Rivers and streams in Switzerland have exceptionally low water levels due to the ongoing drought. In July, the Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) even recorded historic lows at eleven monitoring stations. Between April 1 and 31 July 31, around a fifth of the monitoring stations recorded record low levels for this time of year, as the FOEN told the Keystone-SDA news agency. This confirmed a report in the Swiss paper Tages-Anzeiger. According to the FOEN, water levels in many watercourses…