A public meeting will take place on September 23 with, in particular, elected officials from Savoie to discuss the drying up of the Alpine massifs.
An association of opponents of the high-speed rail link between Lyon and Turin estimated that the construction site's water consumption put the mountain in danger, reports France 3 Auvergne Rhône-Alpes.
For the works, water is collected in Saint-Martin-la-Porte (Savoie), explains the association Living and acting in Maurienne.
By measuring the flow at the level of two nozzles placed at two different levels, the opponents estimated the quantity diverted for the site at 5 million m3 of water per year.
This is the equivalent of the consumption of 200,000 people.
Co-president Philippe Delhomme said he was particularly worried because this capture adds to the natural phenomena of melting ice and snowpacks.
Consumption on the construction site is all the worse for the activists in that it occurs during periods of drought and measures restricting the use of water.
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