Seine Normandie Water Agency Forty years of sustainable developement
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Seine Normandie Water Agency
Forty years of sustainable developement
Water Management in FranceDelineated water
management roles
The French state
The Municipalities
The water agencies system
6 river catchmentterritories
River basin Committee
Executive body :
Polluters have to pay
Water Price in Paris area:3€/m3
Polluter pay principle
Purifiers are financed
sanitation
Drinking water
supply and
treatmentVAT
Water Agency
Financing water works• Pollution tax : 500 M€• A five year financing and planning
program• Grants and soft loans to finance :
- Studies (50 M€/year)- Waste water treatment plants (400 M€/y)- Sewer systems (400 M€/y)- Drinking water treatment plants (140 M€/y)
• Average financing ratio : 50%
Demography
Results and benefits
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Oxygen in the river Seine downstream Paris 19812000
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FISH MORTALITY LIMIT
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