Drought: after electricity and gas, soon an Ecowatt of water

After the tools deployed for electricity and gas, the government now intends to tackle water. “We are going to put in place by the beginning of May an Ecowatt for water, set up by the Ministry of Ecological Transition, which will make it possible to empower everyonedeclared Emmanuel Macron, during the presentation Thursday of his “water plan” in the Hautes-Alpes.

“Every gesture countshammered the president, who wishes to set up a device similar to that for energy. “A outil must be available from the beginning of the summer, so that everyone can know the actions to take and the evolution of the situationhe explained.

But what will this new Eco Watt of water look like? The Minister for Ecological Transition spoke of a “application for water, territory by territory“. It will be more precisely to the prefects of “set rules for sharing and proper use of water“Explained Emmanuel Macron. The government intends to deployan easy to access and use tool” For “know the restrictions that apply according to its geolocation and its user category, and the eco-gestures recommended with regard to the local hydrological situation“.

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Ecowatt and Ecogas

With water, the government intends to continue in the same line as its predecessors: Ecowatt and Ecogaz. Ecowatt, presented as the “electricity weather» by the government, makes it possible to indicate in real time the level of electricity consumption of the French people. The goal ? Encourage citizens to limit their consumption, in particular when the network is under tension in order to avoid cuts. Each day is then classified according to a color code ranging from green when the level of consumption is “reasonableto red when there is a risk of a power cut. This device is available on the MonEcoWatt website or on the application.

Launched in October 2022, Ecogaz is part of the same approach as its little brother Ecowatt. Users can also know when to reduce their gas consumption and receive alerts in the event of a voltage on the network. It remains to be seen whether such a device can work for blue gold. For EcoWatt, the application currently records 3.2 million downloads. Much more than the 700,000 downloads at the end of 2022.