6. Conclusion
An ancestral practice that disappeared from cities in developed countries with the advent of centralized drinking water networks, the use of rainwater has been enjoying renewed interest and vitality in urban areas for the past twenty years. Although in France, from a regulatory point of view, the scope of rainwater harvesting is still fairly limited, both in terms of the conditions under which it is produced and the uses to which it is put, this practice could undergo significant change in the years to come, due to the increasingly pressing need to make cities more resilient to climate change, both in terms of water supply security and protection against flooding. Following the example of experience abroad, these changes could affect two aspects in particular. Firstly, the types of urban surfaces that are candidates for rainwater harvesting could be extended: firstly, to accessible roof...
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Bibliography
Standards and norms
- Systèmes de récupération de l'eau de pluie pour son utilisation à l'intérieur et à l'extérieur des bâtiments (remplacée par la norme EN 16941-1). - NF P 16-005 - 2011
- Protection contre la pollution de l'eau potable dans les réseaux intérieurs et exigences générales des dispositifs de protection contre la pollution par retour. - NF EN 1717 - 2001
- Rainwater harvesting systems – code of practice [Rainwater...
Regulations
Arrêté du 21 août 2008 relatif à la récupération des eaux de pluie et à leur usage à l'intérieur et à l'extérieur des bâtiments.
Arrêté du 17 décembre 2008 relatif au contrôle des installations privatives de distribution d'eau potable, des ouvrages de prélèvement, puits et forage et des ouvrages de récupération des eaux de pluie.
Guides
ASTEE (Scientific and Technical Association for Water and the Environment). – Guide Technique Récupération et Utilisation de l'eau de pluie. Information and recommendations for the construction of systems using water from roofs and stored in situ. Paris: ASTEE, 65 p., coordinated by Bernard de Gouvello (2015).
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International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance (IRHA) :
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