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Protecting Water Resources: Legal and Operational Aspects
Author(s) -
D'ARRAS DIANE,
SUZANNE P.
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
water and environment journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 37
eISSN - 1747-6593
pISSN - 1747-6585
DOI - 10.1111/j.1747-6593.1993.tb00855.x
Subject(s) - wellhead , environmental planning , environmental science , pollution prevention , risk analysis (engineering) , aquifer , pollution , certification , geologist , water resource management , business , environmental engineering , environmental protection , engineering , environmental resource management , waste management , groundwater , petroleum engineering , law , geography , political science , ecology , geotechnical engineering , archaeology , biology
In France, from a legal standpoint, the protection of aquifers and wellheads supplying drinking water is achieved through wellhead protection zones. Within these zones, which are defined by a certified geologist, the appropriate restrictions which are needed to minimize the risk of pollution are specified. Unfortunately, despite these precautions, accidents are still possible, and it is for this reason that Lyonnaise des Eaux‐Dumez has developed, for the Paris region, a true pollution risk management strategy, based on procedures, alert systems, computer models and crisis drills.