Section 2: Water and sanitation

The detailed description of the drinking water transport and distribution works referred to in article L. 2224-7-1 and the detailed description of the wastewater collection and transport works referred to in article L. 2224-8 include, on the one hand, a map of the networks showing the location of the general measuring devices and, on the other hand, an inventory of the networks including the length of pipes, the year or,…

Except where this contribution is mandatory, the decision to contribute to the management and preservation of water resources is the subject of a deliberation by the public person mentioned in article L. 2224-7-5.

For the implementation of the measures mentioned in article L. 2224-7-7, a dedicated coordination unit and steering committee may be set up by the public person mentioned in article L. 2224-7-5. In the case of an area covered by a water development and management plan, the local water commission may be consulted on the action plan. Where several water supply areas overlap in whole or in part, the public bodies…

The report mentioned in the last paragraph of article R. 2224-5-3 also states the use of the right of pre-emption for the preservation of the quality of water resources intended for human consumption provided for in Chapter VIII of Title I of Book II of the Town Planning Code within the perimeter of the water supply area concerned. To this end, it includes a statement listing, for the year in…

The territorial diagnosis drawn up pursuant to articles L. 2224-7-2 and L. 2224-7-3 excludes no site on the basis of the legality of its occupation and no person with regard to their administrative situation. At the very least, it makes it possible to : 1° Identify and locate, on the basis of available local observation data and the expertise of local players, the people present in the area who do…

In application of 2° of article L. 2224-7-3, the solutions implemented by municipalities or their public cooperative bodies to improve access to water intended for human consumption may be permanent or temporary depending on the situation and may involve fixed or mobile equipment. They may not have the effect of creating risks for the health and safety of the population. Depending on the nature of the shortcomings in access to…

Information for people with no or limited access to water intended for human consumption, as provided for in 3° of article L. 2224-7-3, may be carried out by making data relating to the geographical location of water supply points and their technical characteristics available on the French public data platform website. An order by the ministers responsible for the environment and local authorities sets out the list of data that…

The provisions of this section apply to the wastewater mentioned in articles L. 2224-8 et L. 2224-10. For the purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply: -“sewerage agglomeration” means an area in which the population and economic activities are sufficiently concentrated to make it possible to collect wastewater for conveyance to a treatment plant or final discharge point ; -“gross organic pollution load” means the weight of oxygen…

Non-collective sanitation zones may be set up in those parts of a municipality where the installation of a wastewater collection system is not justified, either because it is not in the interest of the environment or public health, or because its cost would be excessive.

The public enquiry prior to the delimitation of the zones mentioned in article L. 2224-10 is conducted by the mayor or the president of the competent public establishment for inter-communal cooperation, in the forms provided for by the articles R. 123-1 to R. 123-27 of the Environment Code.