Nearly 70 percent of France is under water-use restrictions

The ministry for ecological transition said on Monday that restrictions now cover almost 70 percent of French territory, with 67 of the 101 departments at the highest crisis level, where water is reserved for drinking, healthcare, civil protection and sanitation. The geological survey BRGM said two thirds of the aquifers that supply most of France's drinking water have dropped below normal levels. July was the hottest month ever recorded in France, with a nationwide rainfall deficit of nearly 70 percent.

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