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Drought-period water restrictions

#00073

Impose binding restrictions on non-essential water use during drought, and coordinate emergency drinking-water supply between communes when local sources fail. In the Sundgau this has been delivered by the Communauté de Communes Sundgau through prefectural alerts since 2018, with reinforced restrictions extended across all 64 communes from August 2025.

#00076Restrictions don't refill aquifers

Demand-side water restrictions keep human supply running through dry summers but do nothing to recharge the Sundgau's small aquifers or relieve forest water stress. The forests continue to decline regardless of how strict the bans on garden watering become.

Sundgau, Grand Est, Metropolitan Franceregion

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