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As drought grips France, tensions over drinking water mount: 'We are in uncharted territory'

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As drought grips France, tensions over drinking water mount: 'We are in uncharted territory'
Le Monde English
Le Monde English30 mins ago
As drought grips France, tensions over drinking water mount: 'We are in uncharted territory'
Water utilities are facing dwindling surface and groundwater reserves, with 40,000 people already affected by cutoffs. Environment Minister Monique Barbut called for stricter water use restrictions.
Le Monde
Le Monde30 mins ago
As drought grips France, tensions over drinking water mount: 'We are in uncharted territory'
Water utilities are facing dwindling surface and groundwater reserves, with 40,000 people already affected by cutoffs. Environment Minister Monique Barbut called for stricter water use restrictions.
Euronews
Euronews1 days ago
France swelters in new heatwave as water restrictions tighten
Seventy-eight departments, including Rhône, Hauts-de-Seine, Calvados and Finistère, are on orange heatwave alert as weeks of drought trigger new water-use curbs.
Drought forces water restrictions across nearly 70 percent of France
Nearly 70 percent of France is subject to water-use restrictions - and 30,000 people have lost their drinking water supplies - as drought conditions worsen amid successive heatwaves, the government said on Monday.
Channel NewsAsia
Channel NewsAsia🏁 first to report2 days ago
Drought forces water restrictions across nearly 70% of France
Two-thirds of France’s groundwater reserves are below normal levels.
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