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The News N° 24
The two Intermunicipal Syndicates
“SIAEP Couze-Gartempe”, and “SYMIVA”
of Vassiviére Lake and the Porcherie
municipality mandated IOWater to guide
them in their strategic choices, coordina-
tion and supervision of their studies.
So
IOWater
made:
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The synthesis of the drinking water
resources problems of ”SIAEP
Couze-Gartempe”
and the supervision
of the consulting firms in charge of deve-
loping the technical assessments requi-
red. This led to the establishment of a
Master Plan extended to global issues of
resource, production and distribution.
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Follow-up, technical and administra-
tive supervision of the assessment
of water supply facilities of the Por-
cherie municipality.
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Argumented analysis of the techni-
cal choices for sanitation
and their
prioritization on the whole
”SYMIVA”
area. This action includes protection
issues and contributes to achieving the
goal of excluding any discharge into the
river basins feeding Lake Vassivière and to
the protection of bathing areas.
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Around the Vassivière Lake
Assistance in contract management
for better consistency in actions
The Vassivière Lake
In 2011 and 2012, IOWater was com-
missioned by the Mediterranean Urban
Community of Perpignan to provide
each of its 36 municipalities with seve-
ral investment scenarios and a pricing
strategy for the 2012-2015 period.
It was followed by the development of 36
water sale prices and as many prices for sani-
tation with significant differences between
municipalities.
During these discussions, several elected offi-
cials wanted greater solidarity in the area that
would take two directions:
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Firstly, for underprivileged populations for
whom a progressive and incentive pricing
to save water would be considered,
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Secondly, for the most difficult areas to be
supplied with water or sanitation that
could benefit from the support of weal-
thier municipalities.
Initially applied to the publicly-managed
municipalities, a single price could be exten-
ded to all municipalities of Perpignan Com-
munity for the sake of increased equality bet-
ween all citizens.
In this context,
IOWater was entrusted
with a study of pricing convergence
to
propose to elected officials several pricing
approximation scenarios which would not
undermine previously established budget
balances and investment policies nor incen-
tive pricing to save water.
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Mediterranean Urban Community
of Perpignan
Towards a single price for water and sanitation
Service
Management
Indicators
French Municipalities have a statu-
tory obligation of reporting on the
Management of Drinking Water Sup-
ply and Sanitation Services (DWSS).
It became necessary to make a didactic,
pedagogical and consistent set of guide-
lines and recommendations on the use of
indicators for the operational management
of these services.
In 2014, IOWater will carry out with
”ONEMA” a prospective study to esta-
blish methodologies, with, among
others, the following objectives:
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Choice of variables and relevant per-
formance indicators,
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Pedagogical description and definition
of these indicators and variables,
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Development of operational recom-
mendations for managerial manage-
ment of services in connection with the
selected indicators,
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Drafting of corresponding ”SANDRE”
specification documents
(see p. 34).
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MEDITERRANEAN URBAN
COMMUNITY
OF PERPIGNAN
