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Article R2224-6 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 5, 2023

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…

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Article R2224-10 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 5, 2023

Communes all or part of whose territory is included in a sanitation agglomeration whose populations and economic activities produce wastewater with a gross organic pollution load of more than 120 kg per day must be equipped, for the relevant part of their territory, with a wastewater collection system. An order by the ministers responsible for health and the environment sets the minimum technical requirements to ensure that wastewater collection and…

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Article R2224-11 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 5, 2023

Water entering a wastewater collection system must, except in the case of unusual situations, particularly those due to heavy rainfall, be subjected to treatment before being discharged into the natural environment, under the conditions set out in articles R. 2224-12 to R. 2224-17 below. An order of the ministers responsible for health and the environment sets the minimum technical requirements to ensure the effectiveness of wastewater treatment, in particular with…

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Article R2224-12 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 5, 2023

In wastewater agglomerations whose population and economic activities produce wastewater with a gross organic pollution load of less than or equal to 120 kg per day, the treatment mentioned in article R. 2224-11 must enable compliance with the quality objectives applicable to receiving waters by the décret n°91-1283 du 19 décembre 1991, by the water development and management master plan for the basin to which these agglomerations belong and, where…

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Article R2224-13 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 5, 2023

In wastewater agglomerations whose population and economic activities produce wastewater with a gross organic pollution load of more than 120 kg per day, the treatment mentioned in article R. 2224-11 is biological treatment with secondary decantation or treatment with equivalent purifying power. However, wastewater treated at altitudes of more than 1,500 metres may be subject to less stringent treatment than that prescribed in the first paragraph, provided that it is…

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Article R2224-14 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 5, 2023

In wastewater agglomerations whose population and economic activities produce wastewater with a gross organic pollution load of more than 600 kg per day and whose discharges occur in a sensitive area defined in articles 6 and 7 of decree no. 94-469 of 3 June 1994, the treatment mentioned in article R. 2224-11 is more stringent treatment than that provided for in article R. 2224-13. This more stringent treatment is applicable…

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Article R2224-15 of the French General Code of Local Authorities

November 5, 2023

Municipalities must set up monitoring of wastewater collection systems and treatment plants with a view to maintaining and checking their efficiency, on the one hand, and the environment receiving the discharge, on the other. An order of the ministers responsible for health and the environment lays down the technical procedures by which monitoring is carried out : a) The efficiency of wastewater collection; b) The efficiency of treatment of this…

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