Question 3231 — water and sanitation

Summary

Ms. Ericka Bareigts draws the attention of the Minister of State, Minister of Ecological and Inclusive Transition, to the urgent reform of water policy in France in terms of equity and efficiency. While intensive agriculture is the main cause of pollution of aquatic resources, up to 70% for pesticides and 75% for nitrates, it currently has no incentive to amend its practices. In Indeed, on the basis of national figures published as part of the draft finance law for 2017, it only pays 7% of the pollution fee from water agencies, the rest being overwhelmingly paid by consumers, in violation of the polluter pays principle which nevertheless governs the framework directive 2000/60/EC for water. Furthermore, the majority of public aid to agriculture is currently dedicated to this agriculture intensive to the detriment of agricultural models that consume less pesticides, fertilizers and water. Finally, even though foreign examples prove that the cost of reducing nitrates at the agricultural level is lower than that of removing nitrates from polluted water, only a third of the budget of water agencies is to date allocated to prevention campaigns, the majority being dedicated to water depollution, therefore financed by consumers. While around ten associations and NGOs have recently mobilized to demand urgent reform within the framework of the general food conference, and a petition from the UFC-Que Choisir has already collected nearly 115,000 signatures to this effect, it asks it to kindly indicate the Government's intentions so that the water policy is more effective and equitable, particularly with regard to application. of the “samplers-polluters-pays” principle, the implementation of measures to prevent agricultural pollution or even concerning the incentive for reconversion towards systems that consume less water and pesticides.

Machine translation from French. The official text remains authoritative.

Timeline

No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.

Documents

No documents linked.

Sponsors

No sponsors or actors listed by the source.

Related records

No cross-record relationships stored yet.