'We will have to share the water': a quarter of small waterways in France have run dry

Per France 24, a quarter of France's small waterways have run dry following low rainfall in May and three intense heatwaves. One hundred French departments are now under water restrictions, setting up difficult resource-management decisions in the months ahead.

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