World Water Congress in Montpellier capital of Languedoc Roussillon; this region is very advanced in water management and researchers come from all over the world to observe and take example. The gignac channel is regularly observed and measured. "In France and abroad, demand is increasing in quantity and in an increasingly complex way with fluctuations and service requirements..."explains one researcher. Water management through computer is monitored to the liter. Farmers are also changing their irrigation habits and attitudes.
Rainfall is not up to the normal season on the entire Languedoc coast and crops are suffering from this lack of water. Example in a grain farmer who irrigates one parcel of wheat and not the other. the wheat is already dry.
The new water resource taken from the alluvial aquifer of the Hérault River, discovered in 1965 not far from Agde, allows to increase the supply of drinking water to the city. The report shows the installation of pumping structures inserted in the two drilling wells 12 meters deep each. Factual images of the construction site in the presence of the mayor, on comment.
Report on irrigation systems in Languedoc-Roussillon and the Bouches du Rhône to combat drought. Commentary on factual images: canal du Bas-Rhône Languedoc, station de pompage de Pichegu, vannes et asperseurs.
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