Seine Normandie Water Agency

Forty years of sustainable developement

Water Management in FranceDelineated water

management roles

The French state

The Municipalities

The water agencies system

6 river catchmentterritories

River basin Committee

Executive body :

Polluters have to pay

Water Price in Paris area:3€/m3

Polluter pay principle

Purifiers are financed

sanitation

Drinking water

supply and

treatmentVAT

Water Agency

Financing water works• Pollution tax : 500 M€• A five year financing and planning

program• Grants and soft loans to finance :

- Studies (50 M€/year)- Waste water treatment plants (400 M€/y)- Sewer systems (400 M€/y)- Drinking water treatment plants (140 M€/y)

• Average financing ratio : 50%

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