basin solidarity transfers for financing water infrastructures and services in the french overseas...
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Basin solidarity transfers for financing water infrastructures and
services in the French overseasAlexis DELAUNAY, Head of Inspections and territorial actionONEMA15 March, 2012, Adapt water management to the specificities of the outermost regions
Overseas regions in FranceOverseas regions in France
A growing populationTwo million inhabitants, in growth
Mayotte in the course of integration like overseas region
BackgroundInexistent or obsolete drinking water and waste water infrastructures
Technical difficulties of coastal-island ecosystems (coast, mangrove swamps, coral reefs, ...) and tropical climate
Both the Council Directive concerning urban waste water treatment and the Water Framework Directive apply in French overseas department
40 years delay in water governance (recent establishment of the overseas water agencies and royalties)
Water price equal, when not superior, to national average
A solution: basin solidarityA solution: basin solidarity
A mechanism of basin solidarityA dedicated share of royalties paid to water agencies
by metropolitan French water users
Awarded to overseas communitiesThrough the ONEMA
For the implementation of the Council Directive concerning urban waste water treatment and the Water Framework Directive
As national counterpart of the European subsidies
> In addition to local investment efforts
European operational programs
European funds are essential to comply with the Council Directive concerning urban waste water treatment
Basin solidarity by ONEMA comes in addition to local investment efforts
European funds
basin solidarity
Local efforts
Efforts which remain insufficient
Main water-treatment plants quoted in the European litigation (2000) in constructionBut, urban areas of more than 2000 inhabitants recently not complyingLow rate of connection to waste water systems causing public health problems
Efforts to continue
•during next European operational programs 2014-2020
•Mechanism of basin solidarity completing local taxes
•develop regional cooperation between overseas regions and neighboring countries
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