Figeac. Risk of flooding: the 3rd edition of CéLot’omne is looming

As part of the Flood Prevention Action Program and the National Risk Resilience Day, the Célé – Lot median joint union is organizing from October 5 to 15 the third edition of CéLot’omne, a series of events aimed at to raise awareness among basin residents and local stakeholders about the risks of flooding and the management of aquatic environments. Bernard Laborie, president of the union, recalls that on this occasion it is a question of “making known the actions that we are carrying out, but also of acculturating the population of the basin in the face of the risks of flooding, that is to say, learning to protect themselves and behave during the risk”.

To do this, several events are planned in the three departments concerned (Lot, Aveyron and Cantal). Conferences, guided tours open to all, but also educational activities for schools, will be offered in partnership with local and regional players.

It’s “Do all dams play a role during flood periods?” (registration required) which will open the series of events. This conference in Cajarc, in partnership with EDF, will address the operation of hydroelectric dams and the question of their management during periods of heavy rainfall. It will be followed by a guided tour of the Cajarc dam on the Lot.

A second edition of the “Crue Tour”

The second edition of the “Crue Tour” (registration required), on October 15, will close CéLot’omne this year. This is a bus tour which will leave from Figeac to visit projects and developments aimed at reducing vulnerability to risks.

From the Jacques Chapou school – which benefited this year from work to reduce vulnerability to flooding – to the Lafarrayrie area – where work is to come on the dike system –, via the basin of storms in particular, the outing will make it possible to take stock of the individual and collective protection solutions, but also based on nature, which have been put in place or are about to be put in place to prevent the risks linked to flooding. The “Flood Tour” will then continue in Aveyron to Auzits where work to reopen the Riou Viou is underway, and to Boisse-Penchot to discover, among other things, plantations of flood protection hedges. The return to Figeac is planned for the end of the afternoon.