Question 18805 — water and sanitation

Summary

Mr. Jean-Pierre Vigier draws the attention of the Minister of State, Minister of Ecological and Inclusive Transition, to the revision of the draft instruction of June 4, 2015 which defines the notion of "territorial project", prior to the financing by water agencies of water storage projects. Faced with recurring episodes of drought and heatwaves hitting the country, the resilience of farms faced with the consequences of change climate will inevitably require better management of water resources. The delay taken by France in terms of irrigation is worrying. Between 2003 and 2013, the surface area equipped for irrigation in France stagnated, while the European average increased by 13.4%. With only 6% of the useful agricultural area irrigated, the country now ranks ninth in Europe, behind the Mediterranean countries, but also northern countries such as Denmark and the Netherlands. Faced with this delay, the Government recently undertook to revise the aforementioned instruction of June 4, 2015. Considering the expectations of farmers and the collective capacity to guarantee French food sovereignty in the future, he asks, on the one hand, whether this instruction project will give water agencies the possibility of financing reserve creation beyond substitution. and, on the other hand, if the modification of the method of calculating withdrawals will be based on the authorized volumes or, at a minimum, on the maximum volumes withdrawn.

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