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Preserving soils in the face of intense rainfall
France · FR
Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Département · Région · Etablissement public dont services de l'Etat · Entreprise publique locale (Sem, Spl, SemOp)
With climate change, soils are drying out and intense rainfall is becoming more frequent and stronger. It is essential to retain water in the soil or promote its infiltration to limit rainwater pollution, promote aquifer recharge, maintain the humidity necessary for plants, preserve wetlands, and preserve soil biodiversity by promoting the brown infrastructure. To this end, the water agency supports integrated stormwater management in urban areas, the preservation of aquatic environments and wetlands, as well as landscape designs for water infiltration into soils in rural areas.
Period: Jan 1, 2025 – —
Support local water governance, animation, awareness and education on water issues
France · FR
Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Département · Région · Etablissement public dont services de l'Etat
The water agency supports the territorial animation necessary for the implementation of water management actions, by promoting effective local governance, representing diverse uses. It encourages the creation of multi-partner consultation structures and the emergence of local project management to address the challenges of watersheds. In addition, the agency supports "network leaders" who facilitate networking and resource sharing among stakeholders. In rural areas, it supports technical assistance services to improve water and sanitation infrastructure. Finally, the agency promotes citizen participation and consultation to enrich water-related projects, by allowing citizens to actively participate in their development and implementation.
Period: Jan 1, 2025 – —
Supporting knowledge: general studies and environmental monitoring
France · FR
Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Département · Région · Etablissement public dont services de l'Etat
Knowledge of aquatic and wetland environments is essential for understanding their challenges and identifying preservation or restoration actions to be taken. The water agency supports general studies on the functioning of hydrosystems, the impacts of climate change, as well as research and development of innovative techniques. It also encourages the acquisition of monitoring data to assess the state of water and supports projects aimed at characterizing the vulnerabilities of territories.
Period: Jan 1, 2025 – —
Supporting the adaptation of territories to climate change in the water sector
France · FR
Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Département · Région
The water agency supports multi-thematic actions for the adaptation of territories to climate change in the water sector. Facing challenges such as soil drying and decreasing aquifer levels, it encourages the development of territorial strategies integrating water resource and aquatic environment issues. The agency promotes systemic approaches at the watershed level and supports animation, studies, and action plans via Water and Climate contracts. It can also finance innovative and exemplary projects to address the issues identified in the basin's climate change adaptation plan.
Period: Jan 1, 2025 – —
Supporting international solidarity actions
France · FR
Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Département · Région · Etablissement public dont services de l'Etat · Entreprise publique locale (Sem, Spl, SemOp)
The water agency supports international solidarity actions, mobilizing up to 1% of its revenues to improve access to water and sanitation in developing countries. To this end, it encourages stakeholders in the Rhône-Mediterranean and Corsica basins to participate. Its action is coordinated with France's public development policies and the UN's sustainable development goals, with a specific focus on water, sanitation and hygiene, scientific cooperation, and emergency aid.
Period: Jan 1, 2025 – —
Improving the quality of distributed drinking water by better treating raw water (studies) - Urban-rural solidarity
France · FR
Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Département · Région
As part of urban-rural solidarity, the Loire-Bretagne water agency supports the most disadvantaged communities that wish to improve the quality of distributed drinking water by better treating raw water. These essential actions are based on a solid and well-defined structure of drinking water competence and a sufficient price for the public service, to maintain the financed works and maintain the performance of the service.
Period: Jan 1, 2025 – —
Fund your connection to a Heating Network
France · FR
Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Département · Région · Collectivité d’outre-mer à statut particulier · Etablissement public dont services de l'Etat · Entreprise publique locale (Sem, Spl, SemOp)
As part of the energy transition, the Government actively encourages the development of heating methods powered by renewable energies (heating networks, heat pumps, biomass). Thanks to the Energy Savings Certificates (CEE) scheme and the Coup de Pouce Chauffage, your work related to heating your tertiary and collective residential buildings benefits from enhanced financial support for projects started before the end of 2025 and completed before December 31, 2026. The SOBREN team supports you at every stage of financing your project to connect to a heating network: ✅ Eligibility analysis: verification of the eligibility criteria for the work and its compliance with the requirements of the scheme. ✅ Aid estimation: calculation of the amount of the CEE premium associated with your project. ✅ Aid securing: guarantee that financial support is taken into account before starting the work. ✅ Assembly and administrative follow-up of your file. ✅ Project valorization: follow-up until the premium is obtained and paid after CEE validation. Thanks to our expertise, we help you optimize the financing of your connection to heating networks and realize your project with complete peace of mind.
Period: Sep 1, 2022 – —
Support for international solidarity and cooperation projects
France · FR
Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Département · Etablissement public dont services de l'Etat
The Adour-Garonne water agency, through the mechanism established by the Oudin-Santini law, participates in French public development aid for water and sanitation. By financially supporting French associations or local authorities in its basin, the water agency contributes to improving access to water, sanitation and hygiene in developing countries, as well as establishing institutional frameworks for water governance. Through its actions, it contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDG 6, and supports the commitments of the Paris Pact on Water and Climate Change. International solidarity and cooperation | Agence de l'eau Adour-Garonne (eau-grandsudouest.fr)
Period: Jan 1, 2025 – —
Preserve and restore the functionalities of aquatic, wetland and coastal ecosystems and their biodiversity
France · FR
Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Département · Etablissement public dont services de l'Etat · Entreprise publique locale (Sem, Spl, SemOp)
The preservation and restoration of aquatic environments, habitats and ecosystems is one of the priorities of the Adour-Garonne water agency. The Agency's financial aid and support aim to support projects that mitigate the effects of climate change and strengthen the resilience of ecosystems. Preventive approaches are to be favored through the valorization of services rendered by NbS (Nature-based Solutions) and their co-benefits for the territories. Restoration and management of aquatic environments, habitats and ecosystems | Adour-Garonne Water Agency (eau-grandsudouest.fr)
Period: Jan 1, 2025 – —
Fighting micropollutants
France · FR
Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Département · Etablissement public dont services de l'Etat
The effects of climate change will worsen water scarcity, increasing the impacts of pollutants and making solutions to preserve water quality more expensive. Acting now is therefore urgent. The Agency supports various actions aimed at reducing the input of micropollutants into aquatic environments and protecting drinking water resources, as well as actions contributing to knowledge and the exploration of new solutions on these emerging environmental issues. Fighting micropollutants | Adour-Garonne Water Agency (eau-grandsudouest.fr)
Period: Jan 1, 2025 – —
Promote balanced quantitative resource management and multi-purpose projects
France · FR
Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Département · Etablissement public dont services de l'Etat · Entreprise publique locale (Sem, Spl, SemOp)
The Agency promotes balanced water resource management by supporting multi-purpose projects benefiting natural environments and several sectors, such as for example: drinking water, irrigation, industry, supporting river flows or tourism. These initiatives aim to reduce withdrawals from the natural environment, particularly during low water periods, thanks to adapted infrastructure or the replenishment of watercourses. Quantitative resource management and water savings for all uses | Adour-Garonne Water Agency (eau-grandsudouest.fr)
Period: Jan 1, 2025 – —
Share environmental knowledge
France · FR
Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Département · Etablissement public dont services de l'Etat · Entreprise publique locale (Sem, Spl, SemOp)
Better understanding natural environments through environmental monitoring and studies is one of the action areas of the Adour-Garonne water agency. The Agency's aid helps anticipate the impacts of climate change, identify adapted solutions, and respond to emerging challenges. The collected data is used to measure progress and guide project owners towards concrete results. Particular attention is paid to reducing the carbon footprint of monitoring activities, especially in terms of energy, transport, and waste management. Environmental monitoring networks and environmental knowledge studies | Adour-Garonne Water Agency (eau-grandsudouest.fr)
Period: Jan 1, 2025 – —
Support for environmental knowledge studies
France · FR
Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Département · Etablissement public dont services de l'Etat
Better understanding natural environments through monitoring and environmental studies is one of the action areas of the Adour-Garonne water agency. The Agency's aid helps anticipate the impacts of climate change, identify adapted solutions, and respond to emerging challenges. The data collected is used to measure progress made and guide project owners towards concrete results. Particular attention is paid to reducing the carbon footprint of monitoring activities, especially in terms of energy, transport, and waste management. Environmental monitoring networks and environmental knowledge studies | Agence de l'eau Adour-Garonne (eau-grandsudouest.fr)
Period: Jan 1, 2025 – —
Improving environmental knowledge through observatories
France · FR
Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Département · Région · Etablissement public dont services de l'Etat · Entreprise publique locale (Sem, Spl, SemOp)
Better understanding natural environments through environmental monitoring and studies is one of the action areas of the Adour-Garonne water agency. The Agency's aid helps anticipate the impacts of climate change, identify adapted solutions, and respond to emerging challenges. The collected data is used to measure progress made and guide project owners towards concrete results. Particular attention is paid to reducing the carbon footprint of monitoring activities, especially concerning energy, transport, and waste management. Environmental monitoring networks and environmental knowledge studies | Agence de l'eau Adour-Garonne (eau-grandsudouest.fr)
Period: Jan 1, 2025 – —
Improving environmental knowledge through environmental quality monitoring networks
France · FR
Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Département · Etablissement public dont services de l'Etat
Better understanding natural environments through environmental monitoring and studies is one of the areas of action of the Adour-Garonne water agency. The Agency's aid helps anticipate the impacts of climate change, identify adapted solutions, and respond to emerging challenges. The data collected is used to measure progress made and guide project owners towards concrete results. Particular attention is paid to reducing the carbon footprint of monitoring activities, particularly in terms of energy, transport, and waste management. Environmental monitoring networks and environmental knowledge studies | Agence de l'eau Adour-Garonne (eau-grandsudouest.fr)
Period: Jan 1, 2025 – —
Fostering innovation
France · FR
Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Département · Région · Etablissement public dont services de l'Etat · Entreprise publique locale (Sem, Spl, SemOp)
Innovation is necessary to provide the most relevant responses possible to climate challenges and emerging territorial issues. The Adour-Garonne Water Agency supports the development and experimentation of new solutions, by confronting them with the reality of the field and the end-users of the solutions, while providing scientific expertise for their evaluation. Sharing experiences and disseminating knowledge are prioritized. Preliminary studies or evaluations of newly developed solutions can also be supported. Innovation, applied research and general studies | Adour-Garonne Water Agency (eau-grandsudouest.fr)
Period: Jan 1, 2025 – —
Support for communities managing sanitation, stormwater, and drinking water through departmental structures
France · FR
Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Département · Etablissement public dont services de l'Etat · Entreprise publique locale (Sem, Spl, SemOp)
The Water Agency acts for sustainable water management and the preservation of aquatic environments through a technical assistance and animation policy developed in partnership with the Departments. Thus, it supports the provision to communities, particularly in rural areas, of specialized skills from departmental territorial technical services to provide them with technical, legal, administrative, and financial engineering support. Departmental technical support | Adour-Garonne Water Agency (eau-grandsudouest.fr)
Period: Jan 1, 2025 – —
Strengthening the link between water and land-use planning policies
France · FR
Who can apply Département
Urban planning or operational projects must take into account the effects of climate change, particularly those concerning the quantitative management of water resources, with the aim of water sobriety. Water and urban planning | Adour-Garonne Water Agency (eau-grandsudouest.fr)
Period: Jan 1, 2025 – —
Reducing the input of macro-waste into environments in the field of sanitation
France · FR
Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Département · Etablissement public dont services de l'Etat · Entreprise publique locale (Sem, Spl, SemOp)
Actions to reduce the input of macro-waste into watercourses contribute to controlling and reducing, as far upstream as possible, domestic pollution emitted by collection systems, particularly during rainy weather, to preserve aquatic environments and associated water uses. Community Sanitation | Adour-Garonne Water Agency (eau-grandsudouest.fr)
Period: Jan 1, 2025 – —
Strengthening support for public sanitation services
France · FR
Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Département · Région · Etablissement public dont services de l'Etat · Entreprise publique locale (Sem, Spl, SemOp)
Technical, financial, and planning studies play an essential role in anticipating the impacts of climate change. In light of possible changes in the flow rates of receiving environments, they allow for the adjustment and adaptation of existing infrastructure and the proposal of ambitious action plans necessary for the preservation of aquatic environments and associated water uses. Community Sanitation | Adour-Garonne Water Agency (eau-grandsudouest.fr)
Period: Jan 1, 2025 – —
Develop partnerships with professional sectors and businesses
France · FR
Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Département · Région · Etablissement public dont services de l'Etat · Entreprise publique locale (Sem, Spl, SemOp)
The Agency supports the development of collective actions by associating businesses in a territory or sector of activity to act on a relevant scale in favor of reducing toxic or organic pollution and water savings. It also encourages the creation of partnerships to strengthen the coordination and effectiveness of initiatives. Industrial and craft activities | Adour-Garonne Water Agency (eau-grandsudouest.fr)
Period: Jan 1, 2025 – —
Develop integrated stormwater management in the industrial sector
France · FR
Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Département · Etablissement public dont services de l'Etat · Entreprise publique locale (Sem, Spl, SemOp)
The Agency encourages water infiltration into the soil and sustainable stormwater management. It supports the development of integrated stormwater management, particularly with nature-based solutions (NBS) and by promoting soil de-sealing. Industrial and craft activities | Adour-Garonne Water Agency (eau-grandsudouest.fr)
Period: Jan 1, 2025 – —
Promote efficiency, sobriety and water savings in agriculture
France · FR
Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Etablissement public dont services de l'Etat
Promote efficiency, sobriety and water savings in agriculture, particularly through the agro-ecological transition. Improve collective management and understanding of the impact of agricultural withdrawals on a coherent perimeter (this includes actions such as installing tools to monitor and manage withdrawals and hydraulic equipment. OUGCs can also fulfill collective management missions: interoperable database and implementation of resource management actions, particularly during crises and restrictions. Studies on multi-year authorizations (AUP) can be supported if the OUGC commits to developing, with the EPTB or a similar structure, a shared path to equilibrium and carries out the aforementioned actions.) Control agricultural withdrawals and consumption. The Agency finances actions such as: • improving irrigation management and efficiency (e.g.: collective purchase of water-saving equipment) • individual support actions to reduce water consumption • awareness-raising actions for water savings, training • collective consulting services for users • undertaking diagnostics of collective networks, studies and experiments in favor of water saving programs Develop agricultural practices and farming systems for better resilience to climate change…
Period: Jan 1, 2025 – —
Support agricultural sectors with low impact levels, from upstream to downstream
France · FR
Who can apply Commune · Intercommunalité / Pays · Département · Région · Etablissement public dont services de l'Etat · Entreprise publique locale (Sem, Spl, SemOp)
Initiatives supported by the Agency aim to support agricultural sectors with Low Impact Levels (BNI), including organic farming, that are resilient and compatible with the preservation of water and environments in a context of climate change, by ensuring the maintenance or even increase of performance and added value of agricultural production. Agriculture and support for agricultural sectors | Agence de l'eau Adour-Garonne (eau-grandsudouest.fr)
Period: Jan 1, 2025 – —
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