Traveling to the Alpes-Maritimes, Christophe Béchu spoke about the “historic” situation that France is going through.
“More than a hundred municipalities in France today no longer have drinking water“Said Friday the Minister of Ecological Transition, Christophe Béchu, who described the situation as”historical“, during a visit to the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. In these municipalities, said the Minister, “there are supplies that are made with drinking water trucks that are transported (…) since there is nothing left in the pipes“. “The challenge is to tighten a number of restrictions to avoid getting there“.
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“The words of Elisabeth Borne are very clear: a historic drought“, hammered the minister, traveling to Roumoules, in the heart of a lavender farm. On Friday morning, Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne activated the interministerial crisis unit, which is to meet during the day, in the face of the “historical situation that many territories are going through“, announced Matignon.
Christophe Béchu pleaded, in the territories which know “prolonged water deficits“, at “to anticipate“:”if you have to go and supply water, don’t worry about it in the morning when there is no more water in the pipes“. “The difficulty in terms of logistics and delivery is not the sameAccording to the municipalities, underlined the Minister, depending on whether it is a mountain municipality, a large or a small agglomeration.
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After the Roumoules lavender farm, Christian Béchu must go, accompanied by the Minister of Agriculture Marc Fesneau, to the Clostre stream, where he will discuss the issues of drought and biodiversity.