EurEau is concerned by the lack of ambition of the next CAP to safeguard water sources and stimulate sustainable development.
EurEau welcomed Oliver Loebel as its new Secretary General on Monday 3 October. He will be based at the EurEau secretariat in Brussels.
The annual EurEau congress will take place in Copenhagen on 19-20 September 2016.
EurEau welcomes the inclusion of water in the new plans for Europe’s sustainable economic future.
Plenary vote on the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive sets a difficult course for Europe’s water future as MEPS choose to significantly dilute Extended Producer Responsibility
EurEau welcomes the European Commission’s proposals for the revised Water Framework Directive (WFD), Environmental Quality Standards Directive (EQSD) and Groundwater Directive (GWD), which should reduce the presence of the most worrying aquatic pollutants or groups of pollutants in the aquatic environment and lead to the better protection of precious drinking water resources.
EurEau gives a cautious welcome to legislative proposal of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD). The proposal encourages the waste water sector to be more climate and energy neutral and to go further on treatment. However, it is a lukewarm endorsement of Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) schemes.
EurEau, the European Federation of National Associations of Water Services, is hopeful for the European Commission’s upcoming Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD) proposal.
Europe’s water sector meets in Malta to discuss how they can maintain affordable water services in an uncertain energy future
EurEau welcomes legislative proposal of the Regulation on the Sustainable Use of Plant Protection Products, enshrining the European Commission’s Zero Pollution ambition in pesticides policy to protect human health and the environment.
