Do private pools threaten the water supply?

While the summer was marked by a severe drought, the opprobrium is thrown on the private swimming pools. Polemic was launched by Julien Bayou, national secretary of Europe Ecology Les Verts, earlier this week, on BFM-TV, who said he was not opposed to their ban. “I do not say no. I tell you that the challenge is to repair the effects of climate change, to mitigate its future effects, and to prepare the country: we need a vast adaptation plan.he said.

But faced with this statement received with great virulence on Twitter, Julien Bayou made a point of clarifying his remarks in Le Figarwhere: “We are not for banning swimming pools“. Despite this, the debate was launched and in Brussels, some members of the majority seized on it. Pascal Canfin, Renew Europe MEP, did not condemn the proposal. “Ban private swimming pools? The question is legitimate and we should not be afraid of it, it is a matter of common sense for collective use…