Var. The department is on drought alert

The to rain it was too much rare this winter. In some areas, his deficit it was for the last few months of From 30% to 50%. Results? The soils are too dry and the hydrological situation waterways “worrying”, according to prefect Riccardo too. The latter then decided to enter the department vigilance Drought.

2022, a dry year?

We are only in early April and groundwater should be replenished by winter rains.

According to data from Météo France, ballast of the department is the most affected.

Supervision is the first level of the four that exist.

Precautions to be taken

From now on, to avoid running out of transparent gold this summer, you need to take precautions:

• utilization from strict amount of water necessary;
• limitation of irrigation (to be carried out at night), and favoring efficient systems;
• systems installation rainwater harvesting for irrigation and the implementation of economical irrigation techniques such as drip;
• limitation of car washing and filling of swimming pools ;
• fight against losses.

The counters o Counting systems related to river, samples of gravity or from pumping, as well as sampling by perforation and the they must be irrigation meters in sports areas of all kinds statements every month.

The mayors will be able to adopt, by municipal decree, more restrictive restrictive measures appropriate to the local situation.

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