Ille-et-Vilaine placed on drought alert, restricted restrictions and prohibitions

The entire department of Ille-et-Vilaine is placed on drought alert from this Friday. July 11, 2025, has just announced the prefecture of Ille-et-Vilaine, which today took a decree in this direction.

The four growing criteria of concern about drought are vigilance, alert, strengthened alert and crisis.

The decision to go to ‘stadium two’ seemed inevitable with regard to the weather in recent weeks.

Fifteen dry and hot – Ille-et-vilaine placed drought alert, restricted

After a particularly dry spring, the situation worsened despite some very localized thunderstorms.

And after the heat wave of June. “the weather forecasts announce about fifteen dry and warm thus waving a degradation of the state of water resources ille-et-vilaine placed drought alert, restricted (watercourse, tablecloths, water reserves of the dams) and an aggravation of the dryness of the soil”, explains the prefecture.

“The flows of the rivers are rapidly decreased throughout the department. In the north of the department. the level of dams intended to produce drinking water is below the alert rating and we are approaching a situation similar to the east of the department ”.

Restrictions. prohibitions taken

• The dryness alert decree implies restriction and ban measures which essentially aim for the following uses:
• Cleaning facades, terraces, walls, stairs, roofs, vehicles including boats,
• Emptying and filling in private family and collective pools,
• Watering gardens, green spaces and sports fields,
• Power of beaches showers,
• The supply of the approval fountains,
• The use of drinking water in the various processes relating to industrial uses,
• L’irrigation agricole,
• Operational recognitions, maneuvers and exercises ille-et-vilaine placed drought alert, restricted of the departmental fire and rescue service,
• Periodic technical controls, purges and tests of fire posts,
• The maneuver of valves that can influence the hydrographic network.
• All of these measures are detailed on the State Services website in Ille-et-Vilaine.

Everyone called to reduce their water consumption

“Beyond the restrictions imposed on regulation. all users (individuals, communities, industrialists, farmers) are called upon to voluntarily reduce their water consumption, whatever its origin (public drinking water network, levy in the natural environment …)”, conclude the state services in Ille-et-Vilaine.

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