Agence de leau Rhone Mediterranee Corse

What Agence de leau Rhone Mediterranee Corse does

Agence de l'eau Rhône Méditerranée Corse (AERMC) is a French public establishment (établissement public de l'État) founded in 1964 under the supervision of the Ministère de la transition écologique et solidaire. Headquartered at 2-4 allée de Lodz, Lyon, it holds the statutory mandate to manage water resources across two major hydrographic basins — the Rhône-Méditerranée and Corse basins — serving approximately 15 million inhabitants. Its principal counterparties are collectivités (local authorities and intermunicipal bodies), industrial enterprises, farmers, environmental associations, and individual water users. Operationally the agency is structured around a head office in Lyon and four regional delegations in Lyon, Montpellier, Besançon, and Marseille that coordinate basin commissions and process all aid applications.

The agency's core technological assets are its water-quality monitoring networks, which have accumulated 19.5 million river analyses and 7.5 million groundwater analyses since 1990, plus two consumer-facing mobile applications — Qualité Rivière (river-quality public information) and Ma ville perméable (urban permeability assessment). The agency's product surface is not commercial but programmatic: it delivers the multi-year "Sauvons l'eau!" intervention program (the 12th edition covering 2025-2030), the "Rivière en bon état" ecological distinction awarded every two years, and the Payments for Environmental Services (PSE) scheme covering 27 projects. The agency is ISO 9001 certified and is administered under a basin-committee governance model that functions as a "water parliament" for stakeholder consultation.

AERMC operates a closed-loop fiscal model rather than a commercial revenue model. It collects redevances (pollution and abstraction fees) from all water users and redistributes the proceeds as financial aid (subventions) to local authorities, companies, farmers, and associations for water infrastructure, pollution reduction, flood prevention (GEMAPI), and ecological restoration projects. In 2024 the agency disbursed €571.8M in aid, with the 12th program planning €2.6B through 2030. Approximately 56% of 2025 aids (€277.5M) are dedicated to climate-change adaptation. Customer concentration is structurally low by design — aid flows across diverse public, private, and agricultural counterparties — and 98% of fee payers had migrated to electronic declaration (E-Fill) by 2024, evidencing a high degree of digitization in the redevances channel.

Name

Agence de leau Rhone Mediterranee Corse

Legal name

Agence de l'eau Rhône Méditerranée Corse

Website

https://eaurmc.fr

Company type

Public

Founded year

1964

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

101–250 employees

Short description

Agence de l'eau Rhône Méditerranée Corse is a French public establishment (founded 1964) that collects water fees and redistributes them as subsidies to fund water protection across the Rhône-Méditerranée and Corsica basins, serving roughly 15 million inhabitants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Water Resource Management

NAICS

Administration of Environmental Quality Programs (9241), Administration of Air and Water Resource and Solid Waste Management Programs (924110)

SIC

Water Supply (4941)

akta.pro primary industry

Water Resources Administration (Watersheds, Rivers, Groundwater) (BPAIAMAE)

akta.pro secondary industries

Water Quality Monitoring, Compliance & Reporting (Sampling, Lab, Regulatory) (EUANAAAG), Drinking Water Quality & Safe Water Regulatory Authorities (HLAJAFAD), Water Resources & Watershed Protection (BPAGAGAK)

Keywords

• Water resource management
• River basin governance
• Water pollution control
• Environmental financial aid
• Aquatic environment protection

Headquarters

HQ city

Lyon

HQ country

France

HQ region

Europe

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Water fees (Redevances): Collects pollution fees and water abstraction fees from all water users. The collected money is redistributed as financial aid to local authorities, industries, farmers, and associations for studies and works.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Agence de l'eau Rhône Méditerranée Corse is a French public establishment under the Ministry of Environment that collects water fees (redevances) from water users and redistributes the proceeds as financial aid to local authorities, companies, farmers, and associations for water protection and management projects across the Rhône-Méditerranée and Corsica basins. It also produces and disseminates water quality knowledge through monitoring networks and mobile applications, and coordinates basin-level stakeholder governance.

Product overview

Agence de l'eau Rhône Méditerranée Corse is a public establishment under the French Ministry of Environment dedicated to water protection. The agency manages two hydrographic basins (Rhône-Méditerranée and Corsica) through financial aid programs, water fee collection, and territory mobilization. Its offerings include financial assistance programs (12th 'Sauvons l'eau!' program 2025-2030), mobile applications (Qualité Rivière for water quality monitoring, Ma ville perméable for urban permeability), the 'Rivière en bon état' ecological distinction, Payment for Environmental Services (PSE) programs for agriculture, and educational video resources. The agency does not offer a commercial product platform but provides public services through its website, mobile apps, and financial aid mechanisms.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Sauvons l'eau !: The agency's environmental program and campaign name for water conservation, also used for the magazine and newsletter
• Qualité Rivière
• Ma ville perméable

Products and services

• 12e programme 'Sauvons l'eau!' (2025-2030) Multi-annual intervention program providing financial aid to local authorities, companies, farmers, and associations for water preservation, pollution reduction, and climate change adaptation projects across the Rhône-Méditerranée and Corsica basins, with €2.6 billion planned investment for 2025-2030.
• Qualité Rivière mobile application Mobile application providing real-time data on the water quality status of rivers in the Rhône-Méditerranée and Corsica basins, intended for citizens and stakeholders monitoring aquatic environment conditions.
• Ma ville perméable application Application that helps cities and urban planners identify permeable surfaces to improve water infiltration and manage urban water resources sustainably.
• Rivière en bon état (River in Good Condition Ecological Distinction) Biennial ecological distinction program that certifies rivers achieving good ecological status across five criteria, awarded for a 4-year period to rivers in the agency's basins.
• Paiements pour Services Environnementaux (PSE) Payment for Environmental Services program that financially rewards farmers and agricultural territories for adopting water-preserving practices, reducing pesticide use, and restoring wetlands and biodiversity across the agency's basins.
• Online aid portal (aides.eaurmc.fr) Online portal for eligible local authorities, companies, farmers, and associations to submit financial aid applications and track request status with the agency.
• E-Fill (Electronic declaration system) Electronic declaration platform that allows water users to declare water fees (redevances) online; 98% of fee payers used teledeclaration in 2024.

Quantifiable outcome

• 48-52% of rivers in good or very good ecological status in Rhone-Mediterranean basin
• +3 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Conservatoire du littoralcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2026Partnership renewal for protection of coastal wetland zones. Joint commitment to preserve and restore coastal natural environments.
• EDF HydrocoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 March 2026Ambitious program for aquatic environments in Rhone-Alpes region. Partnership focused on improving aquatic environments with EDF Hydro's involvement.
• Voies navigables de France (VNF)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 21 March 2025Framework agreement 2025-2030 signed in Dole (Jura) to strengthen cooperation in fighting climate change effects. Partnership covers 1,600+ km of rivers and canals managed by VNF, focusing on water sobriety and biodiversity restoration. VNF commits to water savings through network modernization while agency provides technical and financial support.
• United Nations (via SDG 6)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerInternational cooperation aligned with UN Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDG 6 'Ensure access to water and sanitation for all'. 51 countries have hosted agency-supported projects over past five years.

Scale indicators8 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Agence de l'eau Adour-Garonne: Sister French water agency covering the Adour-Garonne basin under identical statutory framework. Shares the same water-fee fiscal model, basin-committee governance, and multi-year 'Sauvons l'eau!' program structure.
• Agence de l'eau Seine-Normandie: Another of France's six basin-level water agencies (établissements publics du ministère de l'Environnement). Operates the same redevance-collection and aid-redistribution model in the Seine-Normandie basin, making it the closest functional peer to AERMC.
• Agence de l'eau Rhin-Meuse: French water agency for the Rhin-Meuse basin. Comparable in mandate, fee structure, and intervention programs to AERMC; useful comparator for program scale and aid allocation.
• Agence de l'eau Artois-Picardie: French water agency covering the Artois-Picardie basin. Same statutory and operational model, providing a sixth direct peer for benchmarking program performance and basin-level ecological outcomes.
• Agence de l'eau Loire-Bretagne: French basin agency covering the Loire-Bretagne territory. Same legal status, same redevance-based funding model, and same missions around water-quality surveillance, pollution control, and aid distribution.

Broad incumbents

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): U.S. federal regulator with broad environmental-quality mandate including drinking-water protection (SDWA) and surface-water quality. Closest large-scale analog to AERMC's regulatory and oversight role, although operating under a very different fiscal model.
• Environment Agency (UK): UK public body with comparable remit for water-quality monitoring, flood management, and regulation of water companies. Provides an international benchmark for basin-level water governance models.
• European Environment Agency (EEA): EU agency providing environmental data and indicators across member states, including water status. Comparable in its surveillance and public-data dissemination role to AERMC's monitoring networks.
• Office français de la biodiversité (OFB): National public operator under the same ministry that combines police, research, and biodiversity/water-protection missions. Overlaps with AERMC on ecological monitoring, police des milieux aquatiques, and biodiversity restoration funding.

Others

• Voies navigables de France (VNF): French public operator of inland waterways with which AERMC signed the 2025-2030 framework agreement on water sobriety and biodiversity. Strategic ecosystem partner rather than a competitor, but materially relevant to AERMC's intervention perimeter.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/SauvonsLeau
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCxuGwbIf-GLww67U6Q-Rz5w
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/agence-de-l-eau-rhone-mediterranee-et-corse

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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