Subsection 2: Protection of the resource

In the presence of the interested parties, tracing, gauging and any other investigations deemed useful to establish the influence of the work that gave rise to the request for prohibition on the hydrogeological regime of the spring and on the composition of its water shall be carried out. A detailed report is drawn up and signed jointly by the parties. The Prefect decides in accordance with the provisions of article…

The provisions of article R. 1322-26 are applied in cases where the owner of a natural mineral water spring declared to be in the public interest asks the Prefect to provisionally order, in application of article L. 1322-6, the suspension of drilling or underground work undertaken outside the protection perimeter and which he indicates is likely to alter or reduce the flow of the spring. If the Prefect remains silent…