Preserving and restoring watercourses and natural habitats associated with rivers and wetlands

The The Departmental Council offers specific aid to local authorities and associations in the department with responsibility for managing rivers, aquatic and/or wetland environments, in order to preserve and restore watercourses and associated natural habitats.

To this end, the aid scheme aims to maintain and restore wetlands, and to restore and preserve the overall quality and ecological continuity of watercourses.

This aid scheme is part of the 2017-2027 Nature Plan and is financed by the Departmental Development Tax (article L131-3 of the Environment Code), as this tax can be used to finance, in particular, the acquisition of sites intended for the preservation of water resources, their development, their management and works contributing to the preservation or restoration of ecological continuities.

Eligible operations with a grant rate of up to 20% of the VAT-inclusive amount when the recipient does not recover VAT.

• Studies

- Study for the planning of maintenance and restoration of rivers, wetlands and aquatic environments:

*Diagnosis: inventory, state of aquatic environments (wetlands, flood expansion areas, etc.), uses and functionalities