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Flemish Parliament 2025-2026 – nr. 929 Nature and environment Passed

Exception for relocating contaminated water and sediment during construction

Official title: Ontwerp van decreet tot wijziging van het decreet van 18 juli 2003 betreffende het integraal waterbeleid, gecoördineerd op 15 juni 2018, wat betreft de uitzondering op het achteruitgangsverbod voor de verplaatsing van verontreinigd water of sediment

Status: Parliament has approved this proposal. (parliament: ‘adopted in plenary’)

In plain language

  • Flanders is adopting an EU exception allowing contaminated groundwater or sediment to be relocated under strict conditions, provided there is no net increase in overall pollution.
  • Construction firms, utilities, and authorities can more easily secure permits for projects that require pumping away water, such as housing, sewerage, or roadworks.
  • Public works and building projects in your area are less likely to stall, while drinking water reserves remain strictly shielded from any additional pollution risks.

Automatically summarised (gemini-3.8-flash). AI can make mistakes: if in doubt, read the official text.

Official text (PDF) Parliamentary file

From proposal to law

  1. Submitted 1 July 2026
  2. Approved by parliament 21 October 2026
  3. Given royal assent by the government not yet
  4. Published in the Belgian Official Journal not yet
  5. In force not yet

After the vote, the government (or, for a European law, the Council) still has to sign the proposal. Then it appears in the official journal. This usually takes a few weeks; we check every day.

How parliament voted

Passed on 21 October 2026

62 for · 0 against · 37 abstention(s)

A parliamentary group is the group of members of parliament from one party. For each group, you can see how many members voted for or against, or abstained.

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  • Dot: party colour
  • N-VA Voted for

    26 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions

  • Vlaams Belang Abstained

    0 for · 0 against · 23 abstentions

  • Vooruit Voted for

    15 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions

  • cd&v Voted for

    14 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions

  • PVDA Abstained

    0 for · 0 against · 8 abstentions

  • Groen Abstained

    0 for · 0 against · 6 abstentions

  • Anders. Voted for

    5 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions

  • Onafhankelijke Voted for

    2 for · 0 against · 0 abstentions

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