Water restrictions: which departments are involved?

The website Propluvia proposed by the Ministry of Ecological and Solidarity Transition lists on a map all water restriction orders department by department.

There are 4 levels of drought:

• level of vigilance: informing and encouraging individuals and professionals to conserve water;
• alert level: reduction of less than half of agricultural levies or ban up to 3 days a week, ban on boating, ban at certain times of the day from watering gardens, washing cars...;
• heightened alert level: reduction of at least half of agricultural levies, greater limitation of levies for garden watering, car washing, up to and including a ban on certain levies;
• crisis level: stop non-priority withdrawals including withdrawals for agricultural purposes, only those relating to health, civil security, drinking water or even sanitation being authorized.

As of July 30, 2020, 67 departments have been restricted (beyond the level of vigilance).

According to data from the Bureau of Geological and Mining Research (BRGM) collected in early July 2020, groundwater levels are broadly around or even above average. The benefits of the abundant winter 2019-2020 recharge continue. The situation is, however, mixed in the territory. It remains less favorable in areas where spring recharge and rains have been less important: the tablecloths of the Plain of Alsace, the corridors of the Saône and the Rhone and the eastern Massif Central such as the Jurassic limestones of the Berry.