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Heatwave kills tons of fish in French lake as water temperature nears 29C

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August 15, 2020
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London, August 15, 2020 (AltAfrica)-Nearly ten tons of fish have been found dead in the Enghien-les-Bains lake in Val-d’Oise, northern France, due to the recent heatwave that struck the region, officials explained on Friday.

The remains of a fish killed by heatwave lies on the parched Loire River bed at Ancenis, western France on August 11, 2020 – Copyright SEBASTIEN SALOM-GOMIS / AFP

Jean-Pierre Enjalbert, president of SIARE, the joint union in charge of the managing the local waters, said that “the heat and the lack of a clear, clean water supply” resulted in a decrease in oxygen in the lake, causing the death of the fish

he level of this artificial lake of 40 hectares, one meter deep on average, has fallen by nearly 20 cm, and the temperature of the water neared 29 degrees during the heatwave, according to the Enghien city council.

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Authorities have now set up a water oxygenation system and planned an upstream filtering basin

Animalist association Paris Animaux Zoopolis (PAZ) said this disaster was “predictable”, and had previously called for such a pumping system to be developed, given the upcoming heatwave.

PAZ is now worried a “second disaster” may involve local birds due to the current poor quality of the water

The lake is known for hosting species like carps, roaches, pikes and eels.

France has hit its highest recorded temperature – 45.9C (114.6F) – amid a heatwave in Europe that has claimed several lives.

The new record was measured in the southern village of Gallargues-le-Montueux. Before this year the previous record was 44.1C during a heatwave in 2003 that killed thousands.

Health Minister Agnès Buzyn warned that “everyone is at risk”.

France’s weather service has issued an unprecedented red alert for four areas.

Those are all in the south, but most of the country remains on orange alert, the second-highest level.

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