Le SAGE nappes profondes de la Gironde

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Growing needs for drinking water, but also for industry and agriculture, lead to a critical situation of deep ground water resources around Bordeaux. Though several decades of close attention, water quality is threatened by a risk of saline intrusion from the Gironde estuary into Eocene ground water. All involved partners, including local governments and directly concerned users, take part in the elaboration of a water management plan, that would strike a balance between resources and needs.