Groundwater Management Planning at the River Basin District Level: Comparative Analysis of the Adour-Garonne and Loire-Bretagne River Basins

Jean-Daniel Rinaudo (1) , Pierre Marchet (2) , Pascal Billault (3)

1 BRGM - Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières
2 Agence de l'Eau Adour-Garonne
3 AELB - Agence de l'eau Loire-Bretagne

In France, water resource management issues are addressed in the framework of local plans (SAGE) and strategic master plans for managing river basins (SDAGE). This chapter describes how strategic blueprints are formulated and implemented. It focuses on quantitative groundwater management issues and the legal and regulatory framework which defines planning objectives and practices. In addition, there is an historical analysis of 20 years of groundwater planning in the Adour-Garonne and Loire-Bretagne river basin districts.

Keywords: river basin; plan; water agency

Domains: Environmental Sciences; Environment and Society

Jean-Daniel Rinaudo, Pierre Marchet, Pascal Billault. Groundwater Management Planning at the River Basin District Level: Comparative Analysis of the Adour-Garonne and Loire-Bretagne River Basins. Sustainable groundwater management: a comparative analysis of French and Australian policies and implications to other countrie, pp.67-91, 2020, ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-32766-8_4⟩. ⟨hal-02532156⟩