00:00Tourists come here to relax and drink like at home, or even more, but we don't have any water.
00:07How much water do you drink on vacation? And what does it become?
00:10In the regions of Europe where water is rare, hoteliers are looking to save it, or even reuse it.
00:17We start in the south of France, in Occitanie.
00:20It's the end of the season. Tourists have left the campsite, the mimosas and its large water park.
00:32You have the wave pool, the jacuzzi, the looping.
00:35The director is now tracking every liter of water drawn in the water taps in real time.
00:40Each pool has its own counter to check exactly what it consumes,
00:45and know where we can save water and where we lose water.
00:49Pascal Magnin says he saved 15% of water this summer.
00:53He tested synthetic filters for his pools.
00:57He changed the shower systems and recycled the water from the individual jacuzzis.
01:02His next target, the gray waters of the bungalows, a pilot project.
01:06So there you have the shower system, the water from the sink which is there.
01:10These two waters are recovered and treated and sent back to the sanitary level, which is right behind you.
01:19A step supported by the Occitanie region, where tourism represents 10% of the wealth.
01:25We carry out strong operations which then have the capacity to be developed in other sites.
01:30We are planning the anticipated future and making sure that the water policies
01:34allow us to adapt to climate change, which impacts people's lives, which impacts economic life.
01:40The campsite has taken part in a European project,
01:42bringing together partners from Occitanie, Catalonia and the Balearic Islands.
01:46We have a lot to learn about energy techniques in Northern Europe
01:49and Northern Europe has to learn from us on the water issue.
01:52Europe cannot do without the Mediterranean. Solutions come through cooperation.
01:56Heading now to Catalonia, another partner establishment of the project on the heights of Girona.
02:07The eco-hotel Canbook consumes about 2.5 million liters of water per year.
02:12More than half comes from the rain caught on the roofs.
02:16The water is purified by these machines,
02:18then it flows into the rooms, the kitchen or this natural pool.
02:23The used water is treated in this phyto-purification station.
02:27They irrigate the vegetable garden.
02:29We can say that the hotel is viable right now,
02:32both economically and energetically and in terms of permaculture,
02:37because when we came here, we looked at the analysis we had of biodiversity,
02:41the amount of organic matter in the earth, the amount of water,
02:45and now we have double the value than when we arrived.
02:49The farm products are served at the restaurant,
02:51the leftovers are returned to the land and the animals,
02:54an inspiration for the circular economy of tomorrow's hotels.
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