After the droughts of 2022 and 2023, the availability of drinking water in France is no longer a given. The economic model for water distribution, devised at a time when the resource seemed infinite, needs to be rethought. Pricing, on the one hand, and operation, on the other, are at the heart of the reflections to be conducted.

This event was a great success, as over 60 academics, many from foreign universities, made the trip. In addition, during the two days, 20 research papers, both empirical and theoretical, were presented.