#potable-reuse-governance
Issues, solutions, and case studies for potable-reuse-governance
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Solutions 2
#00219Make reclaimed or non-potable water the default permitted supply for cooling
Condition data-centre cooling permits on treated municipal effluent, brackish groundwater, or industrial process water by default, with potable connection allowed only by explicit exception. Microsoft's San Antonio site reports 79% of consumption from recycled or non-potable sour
#00201National water-sobriety plan: withdrawal-reduction targets, reuse rollout and leak funding per basin
A national framework that sets basin-level withdrawal-reduction targets, funds leak repair, unblocks wastewater-reuse permitting and pushes progressive pricing. Delivery depends on municipal-scale mechanisms and sustained funding, not on the announcement itself.
Case studies 1
France
PartialFrench government with the six agences de l'eau · since 2023 · National
Plan Eau, announced 30 March 2023 after the 2022-23 droughts left hundreds of communes on emergency water measures, set 53 measures, a national target of minus 10% withdrawals by 2030, and 1,000 wastewater-reuse project…
Agences de l'eau (1.39bn EUR deployed) and Aquapret subsidized loans (4.3bn EUR mobilised); 2026 funding 40M EUR short of the 475M EUR/yr pledge