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Risk

Flood forecasting service

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens technique
Service in charge of predicting hazardous situations caused by heavy floods, in partnership with Météo-France. The flood forecasting Service (SPC) warns the Prefect in case of alarm and prepares the information to be disseminated to the mayors. The Civil Protection Service of the prefecture is in turn responsible for alerting the mayors by suitable means and providing them with the information developed by the
Source
According to Rhine-Meuse Water Agency

Behavioural health risk

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens technique
Health risk associated with the bathing activity but not directly related to water quality.
Source
According to Rhine-Meuse Water Agency

Flood marker

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens commun
A mark showing the historical floods of a river. Witness to the great past floods, flood markers allow to keep the memory of floods that time or trauma can sometimes erase. They come in different shapes (line or mark on stone, metal plate or sealed flat button, etc) and are found on different types of buildings (public or private buildings, wharves, piers of bridge, etc).
Source
According to Rhine-Meuse Water Agency

Flood

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens commun
Fast or slow submersion of facilities or homes due to groundwater or surface water overflowing during flood or runoff caused by rainfall.
Source
According to Rhine-Meuse Water Agency

Flood control

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens technique
Action of limiting a peak flow, either by storage in a specific reservoir, or by expanding the flood plain.
Source
According to Rhine-Meuse Water Agency

Departmental record of major hazards

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens technique
Document prepared by the prefect at departmental level recording essential information on major natural and technological hazards in the Department, in accordance with Article R125-11 of the Environmental Code. The information, given to citizens on the major hazards which they face, includes a description of the risks and their likely consequences for people, property and the environment, as well as the presentation of safeguard measures planned to minimize their effects.
Source
According to Rhine-Meuse Water Agency

Municipal information record on major hazards

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens technique
Municipal information document on major hazards, prepared by the mayor, with the aim to describe the preventive measures taken by the municipality to reduce the effects of a major hazard for people and goods, to present the rescue organization, and to provide the safety instructions to comply with.
Source
According to Rhine-Meuse Water Agency

Municipal map

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens réglementaire

Simplified urban planning document that a municipality can be provided with if it has no local urbanisation plan (PLU) or a document replacing it; the municipal map determines how the general rules of the national urban planning law can be applied, and is defined in Articles L. 124-1 and the following ones, of the urban planning code. It can affect part or the entire municipality territory. It can also be developed at the level of an inter-municipal structure. Municipal maps must be compatible or made compatible, within three years, with the basic guidelines of a sound water resources management and water quality and quantity objectives, defined by the river basin management plans (SDAGE) as well as with the protection goals defined by the sub-basin management plans (SAGEs).

Source
According to the Ministry for the Environment

Authorization or declaration subject to the Environmental Code

Updated on 13/07/2018
Définition
Sens technique
This term includes declarations and authorizations related to the Water Law, declarations and authorizations related to Classified Facilities for Environmental Protection (ICPE), authorizations for Inert Waste Storage Facilities (ISDI), etc. However, according to the principle of independence of the regulations, this term does not include authorizations or declarations under another code, the Urban Planning Code in particular.
Source
According to Rhine-Meuse Water Agency

Atlas of flooded areas

Updated on 04/07/2018
Définition
Sens commun
Mapping of the surface area flooded by a significant high water level that allows keeping record of the largest floods.
Source
According to Rhine-Meuse Water Agency