“SMEs in Swimming Pool Sector Challenge Water Management Measures in France”

The FPP appeals “to the good sens »

With the drought, the issue of water management becomes crucial. Et they don’t want to be singled out and pay for others : professionals in the swimming pool sector challenge Emmanuel Macron, because their activity is now almost at a standstillsince the ban, to save water, on the sale of above-ground swimming pools in the Pyrénées-Orientales.

« To date, these are already nearly 500 SMEs in the south of France which, from one day to the next, saw their activity stop dead. This phenomenon is spreading at full speed in the other regions of France, including in the many departments which are not concerned by the alerts. droughtthus putting in immediate danger more than 3,650 SMEs and 60,000 jobs throughout the territory. » worries the FFP in its press release, which claims ” emergency aid for the 500 SMEs already in difficulty in the south of the France and above all asks that the image of the swimming pool not be damaged by clumsy and inaccurate remarks ». In an attempt to cancel the measure of the Ministry of Ecological Transition, deemed illegal, the federation of swimming pool and Spa professionals, announces that it is initiating an appeal.

More than 3 million private swimming pools in France

In the press release, swimming pool professionals defend themselves and also contest accusations of waste and recall that the principle of the swimming pool is to conserve and recycle water and that each year their filling represents 0,02% water uses in France. It also denounces an economically unproductive measure, interested customers can obtain supplies abroad or on the Internet.