In the Cévennes, mayors hope to take care of the talent of the water | EUROtoday

From its city corridor, with breathtaking views of the Cévenols mountains, Emmanuel Grieu, the mayor (with out label) of the small city of Mandagout (Gard), 370 inhabitants, doesn’t hassle: the talent of the water, at the moment the spring of the municipalities, should not be ” automatically “ transferred to intercommunalities at 1^er January 2026, as offered for within the 2015 legislation on the brand new territorial group of the Republic, known as Notre legislation.

Since the start of the yr, this elected official, near the deputy (numerous left) of the Somme François Ruffin, has been mobilizing in an effort to make the voice of the small municipalities heard and has launched an enchantment from the mayors supposed “To deputies to confirm the end of the compulsory transfer of water competence”. In a couple of weeks, round thirty elected Cévenols, Gard and Hérault signed the doc. An initiative launched following the vote, a big majority, on October 17, 2024, within the Senate, of a invoice geared toward softening the administration of abilities by way of water and sanitation. The National Assembly will take a look at the difficulty on March 11.

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