I hit solid rock sheeting if I dig down about 4 inches here. It rings like a bell. Planting some veg this year has been a bit of an experiment due to that.
Your 30cm (12 inches) before you hit rock, I could dream of.
To be fair that’s max 30cm! Some bits are above ground even.
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Link which covers ALL of France…
simply type in your postcode (eg 33450) in the box next to the blue magnifying glass… choose your Commune from the drop-down list… and press on the “Je consulte…”
and you should find out if restrictions/what restrictions apply to You!
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We go down onto sandstone, so I built raised beds for the veg.
No problem here with lack of water apparently according to that gov site but I still use it sparingly as no rain for weeks now and none forecast to come either.
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Sounds like you are being very sensible!
Many Communes will have this sort of Result:
Which means… No restriction, but be vigilant, economise, don’t waste it !
EDIT: and, of course, the local Mairie can put their own Restrictions in place.
Everyone needs to keep themselves informed of what’s what in their locality.
Like our place, but granite instead of limestone. Even the robot mower blades have had a run in with them, as they are too small to define as no-go zones, and inconveniently spaced all over the garden.
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that sort of contact/conflict can cause a spark… dangerous in very dry situations… as some farmers etc have discovered tooo late…
If cutting/whatever is not prohibited… having water swiftly available is recommended .. just in case.
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We currently have no grass to cut, so the mower has been in retirement for a whole month already, a month earlier than usual.
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What I find rather annoying is that although we have an ‘Alerte Renforcée’, the water table in this locality is so high that I have water being forced up through the concrete of the cellar floor. Also, my neighbour tells me that the water level in his well is higher than he has ever previously known it according to his records. Perhaps I’ll have to start drilling down. About 8 feet should do the trick.
… gardening on 30cms of limestone - luxury! 
We’re on solid schist.
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Our houses in Turks & Caicos (I lived in the “guest” house next door to my brother Andy and his family) had a shared water tank under Andy’s house, fed purely by rainwater off the roofs of the two houses.
It worked extremely well, it was rare that we had to get water from anywhere else - fortunate as there was no possibility of being on mains water in Long Bay so you had to get it delivered by the tanker load if it ran low!
I can’t remember the exact capacity of the tank but I think it was of the order of 40,000 gallons.
Same on my grandparents farm, I remember the big drought in 81, I was only allowed a 1 inch bath as the tank was getting so low. The excitement and the glorious smell was something I’ll never foget when the rain finally came.
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As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, we were somewhere in Egypt when it rained for the first time in 10 years. It was a wonderful relief from the blazing heat and young kids were dancing around with excitement as they’d never experienced such wonderful magic from the skies.. 
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We have a hosepipe ban here in Sud-Angleterre and Thames Water have been sending out text messages asking people to use water as sparingly as possible.
I’ve just been to Sainsbury’s and of course on the way I noticed a pillock watering his front garden with a hose.
There’s always one.
Two possibly. Thames Water area, the house opposite is busy Karchering a vehicle. My hope is that it is a registered business, as there is regular cleaning of cars. Even so, I’d be too embarrassed.
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Yes - but I don’t hold out much hope that these people are not just selfish.
In full disclosure, the local pigeons crapped all over my car yesterday (I had it parked in the shade under the oak trees) - I dealt with the mess with a quick squirt of water from a sprayer bottle and a plastic scraper.
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A bit less info than I expected, just says there are restrictions without explaining?
We certainly can see what restrictions.
No watering potagers between 1pm-8pm
No watering borders between 8am and 8pm
Swimming pools can be topped up and filled if new pool pre-dates first restrictions
No private individual to clean cars / buildings except if needed for health reasons
No filling of fountains that have open flow.
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Did I miss a subsection?