Industry

The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) of October 23, 2000 set an obligation to achieve good status for water bodies and to ensure that their current status remains unchanged. In France, these objectives are set out in the Schémas Directeurs d’Aménagement et de Gestion des Eaux (SDAGE).

But it was the Law on Water and Aquatic Environments (LEMA) no. 2006-1772 of December 30, 2006 that updated the overall framework defined by the laws of 1964 and 1992, in order to meet the new challenges of European water policy and in particular the WFD of October 2000, and in particular Article 20 of this law, which sets out guidelines that directly or indirectly concern stormwater.

Moreover, it is now recognized that discharges into the aquatic environment during wet weather can also cause temporary or long-term environmental degradation. Raintime pollution is a significant source of micropollutants (zinc, copper, ammonium, pesticides, etc.) to aquatic environments, which can compromise the use of water resources (bathing areas, leisure activities, fishing).

The recycling and waste recovery industries are subject to :

• prefectoral decrees specific to each project, imposing constraints on quantity (flow) and quality.
• A l’arrêté du 2 février 1998, modifié par l’arrêté du 28 février 2022, relatif aux prélèvements et à la consommation d’eau ainsi que aux émissions de toute nature des installations classées pour la protection de l’environnement soumises à autorisation, will also apply.