“The first gesture is not to water your plants during the day, the second gesture is to turn off the water when you wash, to rinse quickly, to be attentive each time you use some water. The City of Paris on Wednesday called on Parisians to “pay attention” to their water consumption while the capital has been placed on drought alert since Monday, without fear however for the supply of drinking water.
The town hall does not envisage at this stage any coercive measure to reduce water consumption, calling on individuals and companies to “take their responsibilities”. For its part, it is switching to watering its parks and green spaces at night rather than during the day. It suspends the washing of floors and equipment, as well as the emptying of basins and fountains, some of which are called “lost water” will be closed from Friday.
Assured supply
“There is no need to worry about the drinking water supply in Paris and the inner suburbs” (Seine-Saint-Denis, Hauts-de-Seine and Val-de-Marne), declared to the AFP Estelle Desarnaud, deputy director general of the management Paris water.
“Paris has a particularly robust drinking water supply plan”, she adds, inherited from the end of the 19th century, with underground resources captured in the Paris basin and two factories which treat surface water from the Seine. and the Marne.
Each Parisian consumes an average of 145 liters of running water per day, a figure that has been constantly decreasing since the 1990s. manage to be at 90 litres,” says Ms. Desarnaud.