Environment. Drought: the State of Groundwaters Still Worrying, 61% Below Normal
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Exhausted by the heat waves of the summer of 2026, 61% of the French groundwater is below normal. Despite a rainy winter that avoided the worst, the Bureau de recherche géologiques et minières (BRGM) is alerting this Tuesday about a continuous degradation in a dry autumn.
Paris, 8 Sep (EFE).- The drought in France is felt in the water table, where the level of water reserves in 61% of the observation posts was at the date of 1 September lower than normal for that month, announced Tuesday the Bureau of Geological and Mining Research (BRGM). [...] The entry 61% of the groundwater layers in France is below normal was first published in HolaNews.
As of 1 September, 90% of the groundwater levels in the metropolis are still declining, and more than half (61%) are even below normal, alarmed this Tuesday the Bureau of Geological and Mining Research (BRGM).
The state of groundwater in France remains a concern: after a summer marked by drought and lack of rain, 61% of underground reserves are below normal and 90% are in decline, according to the BRGM in its monthly bulletin on Tuesday 8 September.
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