Paragraph 2: Provisions relating to water production

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Article L2224-7-6

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Updated 8 Nov 2023

The public person mentioned in article L. 2224-7-5 who contributes to the management and preservation of water resources draws up and implements an action plan to help maintain or improve the quality of the part of this resource used for the production of water intended for human consumption.


This plan applies to all or part of the catchment area for the period it determines. This plan applies to all or part of the catchment area for the period it determines. It constitutes the section relating to the control of risks associated with pollution in the catchment areas of the water safety management plan that the public entity must draw up in application of article L. 1321-4 of the Public Health Code.


The public entity mentioned in the first paragraph of this article must draw up a water safety management plan. The public entity mentioned in the first paragraph sends the action plan it has drawn up and a proposal for the delimitation of the corresponding drinking water catchment area to the State representative in the department. In the case referred to in the second paragraph of article L. 2224-7-5, a decree determines the deadline by which this transmission must take place from the date on which the abstraction point can be qualified as sensitive, within the meaning of article L. 211-11-1 of the Environment Code. Before the end of the period of application of the action plan, the public entity responsible for water production will evaluate its implementation and decide on the extension or modification of the actions provided for in the plan in the light of the results of this evaluation.


When the contribution to the management and protection of the environment is not sufficient, the public entity responsible for water production will carry out an evaluation of the implementation of the action plan. When the contribution to the management and preservation of water resources is implemented within a shared framework between public bodies, it is the subject of an agreement specifying the person or persons in charge of steering the action plan and the arrangements for monitoring it.

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