Consumers should not be scapegoats

According to the 2014 report of the L’Office national de l’eau et des milieux aquatiques (Onema), 20% of the volume of drinking water introduced into the system is lost by leakages.

I have asked Onema to update this inform-ation and await their reply.

Véolia’s own annual report for 2018 shows an operating profit of €1.6billion on a turnover of nearly €26billion.

Before burdening consumers, the government should be tackling the water shortage issue by:

1) Insisting that water comp-anies spend more of their profits on leakage prevention;

2) Installing more water retention areas to keep more of the heavy winter rainfall that disappears into the sea. This should also alleviate flooding;

3) Taxing farmers and industry at the same rate as consumers.

Geoffrey Auckland, Loir-et-Cher

Geoffrey Auckland wins the Connexion letter of the month for September 2019 and a copy of the Connexion Puzzle Book. Please include your name and address in any correspondence; we can withhold it on request. The Editor’s decision is final. Write to: The Connexion, Patio Palace, 41 avenue Hector Otto, 98000 Monaco or emailnews@connexionfrance.com