We're really in a completely irresponsible State," says Jean-Jacques Guillet, a spokesperson for the "Bassines Non Merci" collective (Basins, No Thank you), speaking out from a site in Priaires, western France where work is beginning on a controversial water reservoir for agricultural irrigation, know as a so-called 'mega-basin' -- the third in the Deux-Sèvres department. 'We need agriculture that respects the environment and this model doesn't respect that at all. It's leading us down a dead end,' he added. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES