Luxembourg, 27/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - France must speed up its process of improving the treatment of urban waste water, following its condemnation by the Court of Justice for failure to respect the provisions of the 1991 directive on the treatment of such waters.
France, says the Court, has failed to identify the so-called “sensitive” sites, which are threatened by eutrophication (the disoxygenation of water due to an accumulation of organic putrescible debris). These areas are:...