94,000 People without Tap Water in France Due to Drought
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In the absence of rains, the situation of drinking water supply continued to worsen in September and is significantly more tense in many overseas territories, particularly Guadeloupe.
According to the "last available figure", dated 28 September, "94,000 people" are "concerned by emergency measures for the supply of drinking water". On 9 September, Monique Barbut, the minister of ecological transition, referred to "64,000 inhabitants who still have to be supplied by tankers or by bottles of water to drink, eat or wash" in Hexagon, as a result of the low rains and heats of the last months. "6.4 million inhabitants are concerned…
This is a consequence of the low rains and heats of the last few months. Hexagonal France has indeed experienced its warmest summer ever, causing a major drought.
The number of French people deprived of drinking water at the end of September jumped by 30,000 in three weeks due to the drought Ninety-four thousand people were private.
Nearly 100,000 people in France are affected by emergency measures to ensure their drinking water supply. This figure was communicated on Tuesday 6 October by Monique Barbut's cabinet, the Minister of the Environment: a consequence of the historic drought that the country has been experiencing for months and, in the autumn, the situation is not improving.
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