“When the rains are heavy, the water rushes down and nothing holds it back”: Charlène Descollonges, spokesperson for rivers

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Summer series: water seekers

At the end of the industrial zone flows a river. The water there is lively and makes the sound of a torrent. “Here, it’s a water highway,” comments Charlène Descollonges, 33, contemplating the Guiers-Mort, a sub-tributary of the Rhône, which rushes into a bed straight incised between the willows. From the top of a bridge, the hydrologist shows the traces of the old dike which, until recently, still obstructed the watercourse. From 2019, the river union removed these works. To the great happiness of the young woman.

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