Drought alert, lawn maintenance? How to maintain your garden despite the water restrictions linked to episodes of drought?

Drought alert

A drought alert is a water shortage signal issued by a department for one or more of its Watershed. 

There are 4 alert levels in France. Each introduces increasingly strict mechanisms for controlling the use of water, and for each of the categories of users: individuals, agriculture, as well as industry. 

The 4 levels are: 

• Vigilance: no restrictions, but awareness of a situation that is becoming abnormal,
• Alert: first threshold for reducing consumption. For example, lawn watering allowed between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. 
• Reinforced Alert: each Department sets its rule; in general, watering vegetable gardens becomes prohibited during the day.
• Crisis: in general, all non-priority withdrawals for food and health security are prohibited.

In 2019, according to our own calculations during the period from May 14 to October 14, there were up to 70 departments of the metropolis in drought alert situation, therefore with water use restrictions. 20 were at Ultimate Level: Crisis.

Example of a drought map on August 7, 2019 (source www.francebleu.fr)

Lawn maintenance

Difficult to maintain your lawn with water restrictions. You should know that a lawn can consume up to 8 L of water per m² to be maintained. But, with Vegetal Color Green it requires much less. Indeed, with 1 L of Vegetal Color Green diluted in 8 L of water, you can cover an area of up to 200 m². The coloring is then eliminated with the regrowth of the grass.

Your lawn will be green again in a few moments and in a 100 % natural way. So you can now fully enjoy your garden.

In addition to having a beautiful lawn, you also save water and avoid the risk of fines linked to water restrictions ranging from €1,500 to €3,000 in the event of a repeat offence.

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