In drought-stricken France, tankers supply drinking water
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In the summer of 2026, the world's most important resource in France is water. In the face of extremely low flows in rivers and historically dry soils, could the country run out of water? TF1info looked into the issue. - "This year is a year of alert": can France lack drinking water? (Environment).
France Deploys Water Tankers As Drought Leaves Hundreds Of Thousands At Risk
Twice a week, large silver tanker trucks make the short journey to Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines in Alsace, eastern France, carrying drinking water from the nearby town of Liepvre. The town of roughly 5,000 residents normally draws water from around 20 mountain springs in the Vosges Mountains, but weeks of intense heat and drought have sharply reduced their flow. Because no permanent pipeline connects Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines to Liepvre’s larger regional…
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France is seeing water shortages in regions that usually have plenty of supply. This summer's extreme heat is exposing how unprepared much of the country, and Europe, is for increasing water scarcity.
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