The Pyrenees-Orientales in south-west France has experienced a severe three-year drought, prompting local authorities to extend tough water-saving restrictions until at least June 30th. This area includes 77 communes, with bans on activities like car washing, garden watering, and filling private pools. Although recent rains have somewhat stabilized the water situation, they are insufficient to restore water table deficits. Rising temperatures are worsening drought conditions in southern France, leading to increased frequency of such restrictions, and some areas have resorted to bottled water deliveries due to water shortages.
The rains in March and April, which fell mainly in the south of the département, have stabilised the situation and prevented any further restrictions. However, this rainfall is still insufficient to make up for the deficit in the water tables.
Water restrictions are becoming increasingly common in France, especially in the south, in the summer months as rising temperatures lead to more severe droughts.
Measures are imposed on a local level on a sliding scale that goes from changes to the rules for farmers right up to bans on householders using water for non-essential purposes.
Several communes in southern France have run out of water in especially severe droughts in recent years, with residents forced to rely on deliveries of bottled water.
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