In exceptional cases, a third derogation of a maximum duration of three years may be requested from the Prefect no later than eight months before the end of the derogation period. The Prefect’s decision includes the information specified in 2° of article R. 1321-32. If the Prefect remains silent for more than eight months, the request is deemed to have been rejected.
At the end of each derogation period, a progress report on the work undertaken and the results of the monitoring and control programme implemented during the derogation period is drawn up by the person responsible for the water supply and sent to the Director General of the Regional Health Agency, who forwards it to the Prefect with his comments.
In the cases provided for in 2° of article R. 1321-32, articles R. 1321-33 and R. 1321-34, the Prefect will ensure that the person responsible for the distribution of water informs the population concerned promptly and appropriately of the derogation and the conditions attached to it and ensures that the advice drawn up by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency is given to the specific population groups for…
For the purposes of this section, surface fresh waters used or intended to be used for the production of water intended for human consumption are those of rivers, canals, lakes and ponds, whether or not in the public domain.
Fresh surface water used for the production of water intended for human consumption complies with the quality limits defined by order of the Minister for Health. The prefectoral order mentioned in article R. 1321-8 sets the values that must be respected for the physical, chemical and microbiological characteristics of this water for each sampling point.
This water is considered to comply with the quality limits set by the order mentioned in the first paragraph of article R. 1321-38 when the following rules are complied with: 1° The water samples are taken, before treatment, at regular intervals in the same place; 2° Parameter values are below the mandatory limit values for 95% of samples and comply with the guide values for 90% of samples; 3° For…
The Prefect, after verification by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency that the decision will not have consequences contrary to the health of persons, may derogate from the quality limits set by the order mentioned in the first paragraph ofarticle R. 1321-38: 1° In the event of floods or natural disasters ; 2° Due to exceptional meteorological or geographical circumstances; 3° When surface water undergoes natural enrichment in…
The derogations provided for in Article R. 1321-40 concern the values of the following parameters: 1° With regard to 2°: a) Colouring (after simple filtration) ; b) (Repealed) ; c) Sulphates ; d) Nitrates ; e) Ammonium ; 2° With regard to 4°: a) (Repealed) ; b) (Repealed) ; c) Dissolved oxygen saturation rate ; d) Nitrates.
Surface water whose physical, chemical and microbiological characteristics exceed the quality limits for raw water set by the decree mentioned in II of article R. 1321-7 may not be used for the production of water intended for human consumption. However, the use of water of such quality may exceptionally be authorised by the Prefect, in application of articles R. 1321-7 to R. 1321-9, when the following two conditions are met:…
The provisions of this sub-section apply to public or private installations used for the production, distribution and packaging of water intended for human consumption. In addition to the production installations, which include in particular water catchments and water treatment installations, the installations include : 1° Public distribution networks, which include public connections linking the public network to the internal distribution network; 2° Installations not connected to the public distribution networks…
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