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I declare the meeting open.
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We're meeting to discuss
the problem of water.
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- It's not a problem: it's a disaster!
- Quite right.
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But thanks to my personal initiative
and my phone,
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the local authority
has sent us expert help.
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This is the expert.
:11:37
Gentlemen, I've studied your problem,
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and this is what I shall report
to the Chief Engineer.
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The Perdrix spring
which supplied your fountain
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is the main source of water
for this whole region.
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It runs between two layers of limestone.
:12:00
The spring is not diaclistic,
but a Vauclusian resurgence.
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Let's not forget that, eh?
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Thus, the water flowed between
two impervious strata,
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pressing against the upper layer.
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The pressure generated
forced water into the tank.
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Gravity then ensured the flow of
water from the tank to the village.
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Right. Gravity.
:12:26
At the request of your mayor
and with local authority permission,
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we have examined the cause
of the present obstruction.
:12:35
First, where is the source of the water?
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I have here a useful document...
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It's an analysis by the Chief Engineer
clearly stating the results of experiments
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made in the region some five years ago.
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Sadly, there's no indication
whatever of a spring in this area.