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lovuian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-05-07 01:24 AM
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France Imposes Water Rationing Amid Drought Fears
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/41713/story.htm

PARIS - France imposed water rationing in seven out of its 96 mainland departments on Thursday amid fears of a summer drought.


The farm ministry said several departments -- administrative units similar to English counties -- were already suffering from a rain deficit.

"Successive drought periods over the last few years, combined with above-normal temperatures, require vigilance and anticipation," the farm ministry said in a statement.

Three departments where the ministry imposed curbs were around Paris. One was in west-central France and the other four in the southeast, the ministry said.
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Europe experiencing the warmer spring
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Rydz777 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat May-05-07 12:02 PM
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1. In Italy, the Po River is drying up causing a crisis in that
country's richest agricultural region.
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