France’s ongoing battle with drought means that 79 out of metropolitan France’s 95 departments will continue to have some form of water restriction in place during the month of October. Government agency Propluvia, which works closely with France’s Agriculture and Environment Ministry, published the findings as part of their latest drought map on Wednesday. This means that water usage for agriculture, green spaces, golf courses, washing cars, filling swimming pools and for other non-essential purposes will continue to be banned until October 31st. Even departments coloured in orange have considerable water restrictions in place until the end of the October. The ones in yellow also have moderate limitations until October 31st and the grey ones are being encouraged to save water.

Source: The Local October 02, 2019 11:26 UTC