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UNCOVERED: France rolls out five year anti drought plan to save water - Caught on Camera

This picture taken in Loireauxence, western France on 20 September, 2022 shows a bridge over the dried out Loire River bed. AFP - LOIC VENANCE

France has announced what it calls a “daily sobriety plan” to slash water consumption following a severe drought last summer that parched most of the country.

The measures were presented Wednesday in daily newspaper Le Parisien by Ecological Transition Minister Christophe Béchu, who spoke of measuring water in “ecowatts” and overhauling the country’s water treatment system.

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