French Public Health Code
In forceThe application for authorisation to use water for human consumption, provided for in I of article L. 1321-7, is sent to the prefect of the department(s) in which the facilities are located.
The application file includes
1° The name of the person responsible for producing, distributing or packaging the water;
2° Information enabling the quality of the water from the resource used and its possible variations to be assessed;
3° An assessment of the risks of deterioration in water quality;
4° Depending on the rate of abstraction, a study of the geological and hydrogeological characteristics of the aquifer or catchment concerned, the vulnerability of the resource and the protection measures to be put in place;
5° The opinion of the approved public health hydrogeologist, specially appointed by the Director General of the Regional Health Agency to study the application, on the availability of water, the protection measures to be implemented and the definition of the protection perimeters mentioned in article L. 1321-2;
6° Justification of the treatment products and processes to be used;
7° A description of the water production and distribution facilities;
8° A description of how water quality will be monitored.
The information contained in the file and the threshold for the withdrawal rate mentioned in 4° are specified by order of the Minister for Health.
The costs of compiling the file are borne by the applicant.
The use of water that does not come from the natural environment cannot be authorised.
