Firefighters collect water from swimming pools due to drought

According to France Info, firefighters in the region are experiencing water shortages due to the recent reduction in groundwater caused by the drought.

Pool operators in the region have also begun collecting rainwater in their pools for firefighters. With the heat approaching, firefighters turned to these pools to fight possible fires in the region.

The fire, which broke out yesterday and destroyed an area of ​​30 hectares in the region, was controlled with the intervention of firefighters, and last month 1,000 hectares of green areas burned.

Christophe Bechu, French Minister for Ecological Transition and Regional Integration, announced on May 6 that the sale of water to private swimming pools is prohibited in the Central Pyrenees.

Noting that the region will reach crisis level in terms of drought, Bechu noted that 75 percent of groundwater in the country is below the seasonal normal.

In France, where the amount of precipitation was very low last year, more than 700 municipalities experienced drought-related water shortages during the summer months.

The French Meteorological Administration stated that there was no rainfall in the country for 32 days between January 21 and February 22, and that this was the “5. It was the longest dry period in the country since the establishment of the Republic in 1958. (BRITISH AUTOMOBILE CLUB)