“It’s still a luxury”: the private swimming pool, a controversial ally in the face of heatwaves
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A man fills a private swimming pool with a garden hose. Vanessa MEYER / Photo PQR/L'Alsace/MaxPPP
They talked about it. Throughout 2025, La Croix chronicles the difficulty of debating environmental issues and agreeing on everyday solutions. Today, the private swimming pool, certainly refreshing in hot weather, but whose water consumption can be problematic, especially during droughts.
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I subscribeThe discussion comes up like a refrain at the start of each summer. "As soon as the warm weather arrives, my mother says she wants to cut down the tree at the bottom of the garden to build a swimming pool," says Raphaël, 29, a little disillusioned as he talks about his childhood home, located in a now heavily urbanized area of Villeurbanne (Rhône).
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