The balance sheet is still not good.
This Friday, the Alpes-Maritimes prefecture decided to extend “drought alert and vigilance” in the department “due to drought indicators and weather forecasts not being likely to lead to a significant improvement in the situation. “, she said in a press release.
The department was placed on “drought vigilance” for the first time on March 9.
And since March 31, 98 municipalities have been on “drought alert” following “data showing flow rates of certain rivers below alert thresholds”.
Watering is prohibited between 9 a.m. and 7 p.m.
Just like washing vehicles and roads, filling swimming pools and private spas or even water games.
The “very low” water recharge balance
The prefecture recalls "simple gestures" to "control daily water consumption" such as "favor showers, install water-saving sanitary equipment, operate washing machines at full capacity, reuse rainwater".
The assessment of the department's water recharge season, which takes place from September to March, is "very short of all of the Alpes-Maritimes, said the prefecture.
The deficit is 40% to 60% compared to normal.
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