Drinking water and sanitation | Glossaire eau, milieu marin et biodiversité

Inter-municipal cooperation public body

Sens technique

Grouping of municipalities for the purpose of implementing joint development projects within a solidarity area. These groupings are subject to common rules that are homogeneous and comparable to those of local authorities. Urban communities, agglomeration syndicate, agglomerations communities, new agglomeration syndicate, municipal syndicate and mixed syndicates are public institutions for inter-municipal cooperation.

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according to the Ministry of Local Government

Public service delegation

Sens technique

Contract by which a corporate body under public law entrusts the management of a public utility for which it is responsible to a public or private operator, whose remuneration is substantially linked to the result of the utility operation. The delegatee may possibly be responsible for building structures or for purchasing properties necessary for the utility. The fundamental difference between a public market and a public service delegation results from the method of payment chosen. For a public market, payment is made by the public buyer. For a public service delegation, remuneration derives from the operation of the utility, done at the delegatee's own risk.

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According to the Ministry of Economy

Leasing

Sens réglementaire

Contract whereby the contractor undertakes to manage a public service at his own risks against remuneration paid by the subscribers to the service.

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According to OFB

Wastewater treatment plant

Sens commun

All facilities that treat waste waters collected by the wastewater collection system before discharging them into the natural environment in compliance with the regulations.

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According to the Ministries of the Environment, Health, Agriculture, Interior and Overseas

Agglomeration

Sens technique

In the technical sense, an urbanized area equipped with a community sanitation system consisting of one or several wastewater collecting systems (sewers) and one or more wastewater treatment plants, forming a coherent sewerage system. Under the meaning of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive, an area where the

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According to Adour-Garonne Water Agency and Ministry for the Environment

Activated sludge filter

Sens commun

Biological wastewater treatment in which a mixture of wastewater and suspended organic matter is agitated and aerated. The activated sludge is then separated from the treated wastewater by secondary settling, and then returned to the aeration tank or eliminated in the form of residual sludge.

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According to CEN

Discharged water

Sens technique

Amount of water (in m3) or of substances (in kg of BOD/day or comparable) added/leached into a river from a point or non-point source.

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According to Eurostat

Untreated wastewater/sewage

Sens commun

Wastewater discharged into the natural environment without any treatment.

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According to Eurostat

Treated wastewater

Sens technique

Wastewater discharged from a wastewater treatment plant (also called effluent). Treatment facilities include urban wastewater treatment plants, other wastewater treatment plants and on-site sanitation facilities.

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According to Eurostat

Produced wastewater

Sens technique

Amount of polluted water obtained by adding waste or heat (expressed in cubic metres - m3) and of substances (pollution in kg of BOD/day or comparable) added to the wastewater. These waters can be discharged after domestic use …

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According to Eurostat