Section 2: Water and sanitation

Under conditions set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, the rules relating to drinking water and sanitation charges and the sums provided for by Articles L. 1331-1 to L. 1331-10 of the Public Health Code are established by deliberation of the municipal council or the deliberative assembly of the grouping of local authorities. When the municipalities assume responsibility for the work mentioned in the second sentence of the first paragraph…

No charges related to payment rejection may be levied by drinking water and wastewater services on natural persons not acting for business purposes who have obtained, for the bill that generated payment rejection charges by the bank or in the twelve months prior to the deadline for payment of said bill, assistance in paying for their water supply from the Fonds de Solidarité pour le Logement (housing solidarity fund) or…

Drinking water and wastewater charges cover the costs arising from investments, operations and renewals required to provide the services, as well as charges and taxes of all kinds relating to their performance. For domestic subscribers, requests for deposits or security deposits are prohibited. Sums received as security deposits shall be reimbursed within a maximum period set at three years from the promulgation of the loi n° 2006-1772 du 30 décembre…

Public water and sanitation utilities may allocate a grant to the housing solidarity fund to help finance aid relating to the payment of water supplies or related collective charges mentioned in article 6 of law no. 90-449 of 31 May 1990 aimed at implementing the right to housing. An agreement signed with the manager of the housing solidarity fund sets out the rules for calculating, allocating and paying this subsidy,…

I. – Every water bill includes an amount calculated on the basis of the volume actually consumed by the subscriber and may, in addition, include an amount calculated independently of this volume on the basis of the fixed costs of the service and the characteristics of the connection, in particular the number of dwellings served. This amount may not exceed a ceiling, the calculation methods for which are defined by…

A decree sets the conditions under which users connected or connectable to the sewerage network are required to install a device for metering the water they draw from sources other than the distribution network. It also lays down the conditions under which water consumption recorded by means of this device is taken into account when calculating the sanitation charge payable by users.