Operation
Reducing and managing nonpoint source pollution
This operation aims at reducing water pollution near catchment areas and boreholes including from agricultural, industrial and other waste.
By acquiring data through the networks set up under Operation 11B.1 “Water monitoring agency”, this operation will also seek to further the progress made by government departments on defining individual water body quality objectives and acceptable environmental thresholds.
5 actions
In New Caledonia, the water departments have recorded instances of polluting activities and hazardous waste. Decontamination operations have been planned. A interdepartmental water working group is due to meet to specify how these operations, which include incentives, will be conducted.
French Polynesia plans to move forward on defining acceptable environmental thresholds that can legally prevent activities which may have an impact on the environment. The Department of the Environment (DIREN) is looking to implement them as follows:
- survey the types of activity involved
- define standards in at-risk areas; and
- set relevant emission thresholds for such fragile environments
New Caledonia has also included this action item in its water policy and Wallis & Futuna have started setting up the ICPE system (for environmentally listed facilities). This action item proposed by French Polynesia could take on a regional dimension in its implementation.
Wallis & Futuna obtained FEI (French government special investment) funding for its first anaerobic digestion plant to process farm effluent. PROTEGE hopes to set up effluent collection and residual manure distribution sectors to provide a potentially cost-effective input to agroecology. The action item is threefold:
- top up the FEI funding for setting up the first plant, if there is a shortfall
- set up pig slurry collection systems with any willing major farmers; and
- organise effluent transport to the plant plus residual manure distribution
Wallis & Futuna Territory is looking to refurbish its landfill located near a borehole site on Wallis. Initial study findings point to the need to treat leachate. There are plans to set up a leachate treatment venture.