Le SAGE nappes profondes de la Gironde

The deep groundwater SAGE in Gironde

Direction Régionale de l'Environnement d'Aquitaine

Abstract

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.