TITLE II: MUNICIPAL SERVICES

I. – Authorisation to implement a water pricing system that does not include a term directly proportional to the total volume consumed may only be granted if the total population of the commune, the public establishment for inter-communal cooperation or the mixed syndicate is less than one thousand inhabitants and if the water resource is naturally abundant in the sub-basin or in the groundwater used by the drinking water service….

I. – The provisions of IIIa of Article L. 2224-12-4 apply to increases in the volume of water consumed due to a leak in a drinking water pipe after the meter, excluding leaks due to household appliances and sanitary or heating equipment. II. – When the drinking water utility notices an abnormal increase in consumption on the basis of the meter reading recording the customer’s actual water consumption, it informs…

Municipal drinking water supplies ensure compliance with the requirements set by article R. 1321-2 of the public health code for water intended for human consumption.

Any abstraction device, well or borehole, the construction of which is planned to obtain water intended for domestic use within the meaning of article R. 214-5 du code de l’environnement, shall be declared to the mayor of the commune in whose territory this work is planned, no later than one month before the start of the work. The declaration shall be made by the owner of the work or, if…

The declarant completes the declaration within one month of completion of the work by notifying the mayor: 1° The date on which the work was completed; 2° Any changes made to any of the elements of the initial declaration; 3° A water quality analysis when the water is intended for human consumption, within the meaning of article R. 1321-1 of the Public Health Code. The sampling and analysis are carried…

The mayor shall acknowledge receipt, including by electronic means, of the initial declaration and the information supplementing it as soon as possible and no later than one month after the date of receipt. The mayor who registers this declaration and this information in the database set up for this purpose by the ministry responsible for ecology is deemed to have discharged the obligation to make it available which is imposed…

The inspection provided for by Article L. 2224-12 includes in particular: 1° An examination of the visible parts of the water abstraction device, well or borehole, in particular the protection and metering systems; 2° An assessment of the uses to which the water is put or may be put from this structure; 3° Verification that the distribution network for water from another resource is not connected to the public drinking…

The drinking water service regulations organise the procedures for carrying out the inspection provided for by Article L. 2224-12, in compliance with the rules set out in this article. The service responsible for the inspection informs the subscriber of the date of the inspection no later than seven working days before it takes place. Only agents appointed by the head of the service are authorised to carry out inspections. The…

When it appears that the protection of the public drinking water distribution network against any risk of pollution is not guaranteed by the structure or internal installations inspected, the inspection report sets out the nature of the risks observed and sets out the measures to be taken by the customer within a specified period. In this case, the inspection report is also sent to the mayor of the municipality concerned….

Before 1st April each year, the department sends the mayor a report on the inspections carried out in the municipality during the previous year.