2023-07-09 11:00:00
Orange with 6Medias, published on Sunday July 09, 2023 at 1:00 p.m.
Repeated episodes of drought weaken water withdrawals. If manufacturers are rather confident, the production of bottled water and the supply of supermarkets could be made difficult by new alerts “drought“, note BFMTV.
Water bottles threatened by drought? They could soon run out of supermarkets, says BFM TV.
Last fall, bottles of Mont Roucous, often purchased for young children, had already disappeared from supermarket shelves. The Perrier brand, which belongs to the Swiss giant Nestlé, had seen its production disrupted by the lack of precipitation and the high temperatures in the spring. The group has also suspended two shallow boreholes in the Vosges for its Hépar water. He explained that the “stability of the essential characteristics of a natural mineral water“was no longer guaranteed.
Deep wells, which are more frequent, are less exposed to the consequences of drought. “Droughts have no short-term consequences for our brands, as we draw water from 150 meters deep, under a thick layer of clay“, explains Julian Schmitt, marketing manager of Spadel France, with BFMTV. While explaining to follow the climatic situation closely. In times of drought, some brands are also criticized for their levies. Danone regularly experiences this by Auvergne.
Washing machines to save
Many companies are therefore investing in washing machines that allow them to save water. The treatment and recycling of wastewater, which is also crucial, is another way of not wasting these resources. On Wednesday, a national decree was published to restrict the withdrawal of water from industrialists in times of drought. But it spares water catchments intended for human consumption, specifies BFMTV. To avoid any shortage of water bottles in supermarkets, companies are trying to stock them now, as long as the drought alert has not been triggered.
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