6. Wastewater treatment
Most domestic wastewater is collected and treated in wastewater treatment plants (WWTPs) before being discharged into the natural environment: this is known as collective sanitation. For a proportion of the population, depending on the type of housing and the choice made by local authorities, sanitation can be individual (or autonomous): this is known as non-collective sanitation (ANC). In 2020, according to the Observatoire des services publics , 54.5 million inhabitants were served by a collective wastewater network (length 423,000 km) and 12.4 million...
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Bibliography
Regulations
Council Directive 91/271/EEC concerning urban waste water of May 21, 1991 (OJ L 135 of May 30, 1991).
Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of October 23, 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (Official Journal L 327 of December 22, 2000).
Law of January 3, 1992 on water (JORF n° 3 of January 4, 1992)....
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