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Walloon Day for Water - 2008 Edition

FREE ACTIVITIES 13 - 14 - 15 to 16 March 2008

Thursday, March 13, 2008 Opening Days
Walloon Water - "Water, a right for all" by Riccardo Petrella
Conference

The Water is the source of all life on Earth. However, one out of 6 in the world lack access to safe drinking water. Access it must remain an inalienable human right.

Riccardo Petrella, an economist and political scientist working for the recognition of the right to water as a human right and consideration of water as a common good public.

He also struggles with its partners, so that citizens can participate more and more effectively managing the water cycle, crucial issue of the twenty-first century.

Venue: Adventure Park Scientific Frameries (PASS), Rue de Mons 3-7080 Frameries
Time: 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. : Film Exhibition and H2O and 19h30 to 21h: Conference Riccardo Petrella
Reservations required before March 7, 2008 at River Contract of Funk, 065/33 66 61

Organization: CRT and PASS

Friday, March 14, 2008
activities especially for schools

River Outfitters: biotic index, ecosystem of the river pollution caused by man ...

Saturday, March 15, 2008
activities for all ages on the theme of water and rivers

For toddlers (2.5 to 7 years) : "Raindrop" Indian tale dramatized by Cie Zanni on access to water and solidarity
Go Cultural Center Quévy the Little Street Cultural Center to 7040 Quévy-le-Petit at 14h (show starts at 14:30 ). Duration: 1:00. Reservations required
before March 10, 2008 at River Agreement Slutty, 065/33 66 61

Organization: CRT and Cultural Center of the Little Quévy

For the family: "The Slutty ... over the water, eyes on the quality of our rivers through several photographs by Mons and dale.

Go : Exception, Grand Place, 30-7000 Mons 11h to 18h (open house)

Organization: Friends of Nature

Sunday, March 16, 2008 family activities for exploring the rivers and wealth

Various walks and tours program (bring suitable clothing for the weather):

- Hyon: Discover the nature reserve "the Meadows Village "
Go : 10am Place d'Hyon, front of the church - duration 2:00

Organization: Natagora

- Mons: Cycling around the pool Slutty, the river, sites related to history, landscapes ...
Go you : 14:30 (starting 15h) at home Cyclists, rue de la Poterie, 17 - 7000 Bergen-duration 2h00.
Come with your bike (can be rented for 7 €). Reservations required at 065/84 95 81 (Provélo)

Organizer: Provélo

- Givry: "The Valley of the Funk" its history, its heritage, its sources, its geological curiosities ...
Go : 10am at the Church Square - Time 2:00.

Organization: Geological Obourg Garden Club and the 10 Clochers ASBL

- Rouveroy (Estinnes): The rivers and agriculture: visit facilities for livestock access to watercourses.
Go : 14h instead of The Church of Givry - Duration: 2:00

Organization: Natural Park of the Hauts-Pays Des

free visits sites:

- The treatment plant Frameries: It treats wastewater from 19,000 population equivalents (pe) in the region of Mons-Borinage.
Go : Rue des Fours à Chaux Frameries to 7080 (zoning Frameries) from 10h to 16h - Duration of the visit: 1h00.

Organization: Intercommunale

IDEA - The reservoir water supply to Mons: It supplies the city of Mons in drinking water comes from catchments in the Valière Spiennes.
Go : Governor Avenue Corner, 3-7000 Mons from 10h to 16h - Duration of the visit: 1h00

Organization: SWDE

whole weekend
Water and River ecosystem

the footsteps of the world exposition of the river and River Agreement Slutty: observation of animals in the river , calculate the biotic index giving an overview of the quality of Slutty
Go : Hall AEDEC to Hyon from 10 to 18 - Duration of the visit: 1h00

Organization: CRT Federation Mons-Borinage Fishermen

Free access to the PASS program and discovery of H2O (film and exhibition on access and the right to water)
Go : Rue de Mons 3-7080 from 12h to 18h Frameries - Duration: 1 hour.
Reservations required before March 13, 2008 the Contract for River Slutty, 065/33 66 61

Organization: PASS

Full program available in the Walloon Region http://www. jweau.be /

Contract Inquiries River Slutty

065/33 66 61 - 0496/38 67 21 - cr.trouille @ skynet.be

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Newsletter 6 - January 2008 Introduction

Inventory Slutty black spots and its tributaries

In Newsletter No. 5 December 2007, we launched a call for volunteers to list the problem areas in the basin Slutty and its tributaries, also known as blackheads.

It will begin soon on the Common Quévy with individuals and voluntary associations who responded positively to the call. Thank you to all for this citizens' initiative.

This inventory will lead to a mapping of the problems listed on each rivers of the basin. This will allow us to establish grassroots action to remove some black spots or to reduce their influence.

If you are interested in (e) the inventory of land, you can still contact us! Ask Sandra Vanoverberghe to 0496/38 67 21.

Rain Plan (Prevention and Fight against Floods and their effects on claims)

Since late November 2007, the Agreement Slutty River Commons offers to provide an information notice for the granting of planning permission on floodplains (III.2.7 action program of actions).

Municipalities that responded positively to this offer is the opportunity for the River Contract Scary submit via this newsletter, the Comprehensive Plan for Prevention and Fight against Floods and their effects on claims or plan "RAIN" and the map of flood hazard that results.

The floods are all natural. However, they are aggravated by:
- the occupation of the valley bottoms (urbanization in the floodplains of rivers),
- embankments,
- soil sealing,
- agricultural practices. RAIN

Plan, adopted by the Walloon Government April 24, 2003 is available in 5 goals and 30 actions. These five objectives are:

improve awareness of risk "flood"
Decrease and slow runoff on watersheds
Locate riverbeds and alluvial plains (while respecting and promoting the natural habitat provides stability )
Reduce vulnerability to flooding in flood zones
improve crisis management in case of flooding

The GTI (Groupe Transversal Floods) was created to implement this plan.

One of these actions involved the development of the map of flood hazard by overflowing rivers in each watershed. It includes areas where flooding may occur, more or less important and frequently result in overflow "natural" rivers.

The map delineates areas characterized by a random value: low, medium, high.

The yellow area corresponds to the hazard is low to say for a recurrence over 50 years or a rare occurrence AND submersion less than 1.30m.

The orange zone is the average value of randomness that is to say

- For a recurrence less than 25 years or a frequent occurrence AND submersion below 30 cm

- For recurrence over 50 years or a rare occurrence AND submersion over 1m30

The red zone corresponds to the high hazard, that is to say, for a recurrence of less than 25 years or a frequent occurrence AND submergence greater than or equal to 30 cm.

Following the development of this map, which is a tool for decision making when granting planning permission or to subdivide, Regional Planning Regulations will be revised to remove this legal limbo. Currently, the Commons should be based on Article 136 of CWATUP (Walloon Code for Spatial Planning, Urban Planning and Heritage) and the Circular on the issuance of permits in areas prone to flooding and the fight against the waterproofing spaces (called Forest Circular MB: March 4, 2003). The map and information on the Plan RAIN are available at: http://www.environnement.wallonie.be/

(Image source: MRW-DGRNE)

Newcomers in our Committee River

When evaluating the year 2006, it appeared that the Committee did not represent River all water stakeholders, there is no industry participant. This was done because the industries CBR and Holcim have joined the Committee River end of 2007. We wish them welcome!
The company OMYA will also be contacted and partner associations Days Walloon Water.