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Drought 'crisis' officially declared in France's Pyrenees-Orientales
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The French Pyrenees-Orientales department, which borders Spain's Catalonia autonomous region, will be officially declared to be in a drought "crisis" level from May 10, 2023, when car-washing, garden-watering, and pool-filling will be banned. This first set of water restrictions is an effort to conserve water resources and prioritizes drinking water above other use. There are currently over 40 departments in France, amounting to nearly half the country, which are officially at "alert" or "vigilance" levels of drought. The Pyrenees-Orientales will become the fourth district to declare a "crisis" drought level.

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