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2. Multiple, overlapping competencies at different territorial levels
2.1 Plurality of water: which players and which rules come into play?
2.1.1 Water as a consumer good
As industrialization progressed, public authorities developed systems for collecting water, treating it to make it drinkable, then collecting domestic wastewater, treating it and returning it to the natural environment, primarily in large cities. This artificial cycle is commonly referred to as the "small water cycle".
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Multiple, overlapping competencies at different territorial levels
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Water agencies http://www.lesagencesdeleau.fr/
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Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (OJEU no. 327 of December 22, 2000).
Directive 2006/7/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the management of bathing water quality and repealing Directive 76/160/EEC (OJEU No. L. 064 of March 4, 2006)....
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