| Summary: | The concept of environmental capital is applied to the water resources over long time on the territory of the cities of Creusot, Montceau-les-Mines and the rural municipalities at the periphery. I distinguish three moments of water socio-natural and technology assemblage. In the 19th century, water missed for the blast furnaces of Creusot and the engineers conceived projects for routing water to industry and inhabitants. Drinking water and industrial water were then merged. In 1970, quantitative needs induced the creation of a lake nearby Montceau-les-Mines. First resource for economic development, water has become an environmental capital to preserve when quality problem appear, then a capital to protect from a recent mining project.water, environmental history, industry, capital, Le Creusot, Montceau-les-Mines
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