• The thirteen communes of the metropolis of Montpellier united in the water board, consider free for part of the water consumption.

  • "The first fifteen cubic meters of water would be free for all, for all individual meters", explains the chairman of the board of directors of the water authority.

  • For the biggest consumers, on the other hand, those with disproportionate volumes of water compared to the size of their household, penalties would apply to the surpluses consumed.

It's still a project.

But it is sufficiently advanced for René Revol (LFI), chairman of the board of directors of the metropolitan water board, to mention it publicly.

The thirteen communes of the metropolis of Montpellier united in the water board, consider free for part of the water consumption.

"The first fifteen cubic meters of water would be free for all, for all individual meters", explains the elected official, who is also mayor of Grabels.

For the biggest consumers, on the other hand, those with disproportionate volumes of water compared to the size of their household, penalties would apply to the surpluses consumed.

“It is in particular this equalization that would allow the financing of this measure”, continues the vice-president of the metropolis.

Terms are yet to be determined.

But for all users, the costs associated with sanitation and the subscription in particular will remain payable.

Even for small consumers, water will therefore not be totally free.

Presented to the Metropolitan Council on December 5

In mainland France, the distribution and sanitation of water have passed, for some of the municipalities, under management since January 1, 2016. "With a lower price of water, annual investments have been multiplied by five without get into debt at this stage.

We will take advantage of this surplus to make this pricing, ”continues René Revol.

For historical reasons and contracts in progress at the time of the changeover, the 18 other municipalities of the metropolis remained connected to their private water distribution networks.

They will therefore not be affected by this measure.

This project should be presented to the metropolitan council on December 5.

The thirteen municipalities currently under management would be concerned (Montpellier, Grabels, Jacou, Juvignac, Lattes, Le Crès, Montferrier-sur-Lez, Pérols, Prades-le-Lez, Saint-Brès, Sussargues, Vendargues, Villeneuve-lès-Maguelone) .

That is about 80% of the population.

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