When one or more local authorities are supplied with water intended for human consumption by abstraction works owned by private individuals and not covered by a public service delegation, the State representative in the department may, at the request of the private individual and after obtaining the agreement of the majority of local authorities supplied with water in relation to the populations served, declare that it is in the public interest to determine the close protection perimeters around the abstraction point under the conditions defined in the first paragraph of article L. 1321-2. These provisions only apply to abstractions existing on 1st January 2004.
The prohibitions, regulations and other effects of the provisions of the previous paragraphs cease to apply ipso jure as soon as the extraction point no longer supplies the entire public water distribution service intended for human consumption.