Water and environmental management

A watercourse for which, under the Act of 16 October 1919, amended by the Act of July 1980 on energy savings and the use of heat and the law of June 1984 on freshwater fishing, no authorization or concession is given for new…

A watercourse being part, with the State-owned lakes, of the Public Waterways Domain (DPF). We distinguish: (i) the State-owned watercourses listed on the nomenclature of waterways (the Minister for Transport is responsible for their management: the State shall take care of the maintenance of these waterways and navigation structures for allowing navigation; (ii) the State-owned watercourses…

Commission established by the prefect, responsible for developing collectively, reviewing and monitoring the implementation of the water development and management plan (SAGE). As the true decision-making entity of the SBMP, the Local Water Commission (LWC) organizes all aspects of the process, including the preparation of each step, validation of documents, settling of disputes, as well as monitoring implementation. Once the SBMP has been adopted, the LWC oversees the implementation of the recommendations and stipulations contained in the SBMP, as well as the execution of projects. The LWC is chaired by a local elected official and is made up of three voting groups, whose members are appointed by prefectural decision: local governments, their collective groups and local public entities (at least one-half of the all LWC members); users (farmers, industrial companies, etc.), land owners, professional organizations and the relevant associations (at least one quarter of all LWC members); the State and its public organizations (at most one-quarter of all LWC members).

Goal to be achieved for all waters by 2015, according to the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC, unless postponement or definition of a less strict target. The good status of surface water is achieved when both its ecological status and chemical status are at least "good". The good status of groundwater is achieved when both its quantitative status and chemical status are at least "good…

If unable to achieve "good status" for waters (in accordance with the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC) or when, on the basis of a cost-benefit analysis, the measures necessary to achieve the good status of aquatic environments have a disproportionate cost, an objective less stringent than good status can be defined. The difference between this objective and good status must be the smallest possible, focusing only on a limited number of criteria.

A body of surface water which, as a result of physical alterations by human activity, is substantially changed in character. Due to these changes, the water body cannot achieve good status. If the activities cannot be questioned for technical or economic reasons, the water body can be designated as heavily modified and the objectives to be achieved, in accordance with the Water Framework Directive 2000/60/EC…

Site on a body of water or a river selected for the good quality of the aquatic ecosystem which gives a reference for characterizing the quality of other bodies of water or rivers.

Characteristic and representative subspace of the measuring station clearly identified and located to perform repetitive measurements for having an in-depth knowledge of the environment at the location of the station. Measurement sites are also places on the station where the sampler will make, whenever possible, its samples or in situ measurements. A site is usually dedicated to a substrate: water, sediments, Bryophytes,…

Network of measuring stations for defining reference conditions for the monitoring of water bodies.