More about water restrictions

[chris pp]

Although most people are aware that this year has seen little rainfall and that throughout Poitou-Charentes water restrictions are in place not everyone will be fully aware of the bigger picture.

Even without the reduced amounts of rainfall for the last 12 months we have seen a continual reduction over the last 15 to 20 years in water table levels. This has mainly come about as a result of modern agricultural methods which have resulted in 80% of the entire water production, including industrial and domestic, being used for irrigation. The main “consumer”, with an incredible 60% of all water used, is the Maize crop.   Please click on the link for more and a petition that you can print, fill in and post.

 

http://www.planetepassion.com/about_petition.htm

 

Thanks Chris.