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Article L2224-8 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I. – Communes are responsible for wastewater treatment. In this context, they draw up a collective wastewater treatment plan including, before the end of 2013, a detailed description of wastewater collection and transport works. This description is updated at intervals set by decree in order to take into account any work carried out on these facilities. II. – The municipalities are responsible for monitoring connections to the public collection network,…

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Article L2224-9 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

I. – Any abstraction, well or borehole drilled for domestic water use must be declared to the mayor of the municipality concerned. Companies must keep a register of water wells they drill, whatever their use, and must declare them on behalf of their customer to the mayor of the commune concerned within three months of their completion. The information relating to this declaration is made available to the representative of…

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Article L2224-10 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

The municipalities or their public cooperation establishments delimit, after a public enquiry carried out in accordance with Chapter III of Title II of Book I of the Environment Code: 1° Collective sanitation areas where they are required to ensure the collection of domestic wastewater and the storage, treatment and discharge or reuse of all the water collected; 2° Non-collective sanitation areas where they are required to ensure the inspection of…

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