The mayor of Châteauneuf-Grasse, in the Alpes-Maritimes, denounced Friday the excess water consumption of some of his VIP citizens. "When I received the list of the thirty largest consumers of water in the municipality, I realized that there were several large properties that were listed," said Emmanuel Delmotte, without targeting any name.
The period concerned by these surveys is spread over 17 weeks, from April to August 2022. The region was then on drought alert, and prefectural decrees imposed water-saving measures.