EurEau welcomes the European Commission’s Proposal for a Directive concerning urban wastewater treatment (recast) as its more ambitious objectives will align better with the overarching UN’s Sustainable Development Goals and the European Green Deal while enhancing the governance of the wastewater sector and people’s access to sanitation. Reaching the new goals and requirements as set out in the Proposal will require mainstreaming control at source, significant investments and time.

The purpose of this position paper is to identify the key topics within the Proposal which EurEau members see as the agenda to take forward through the amendments process, aiming at enabling an effective and efficient implementation and achievement of the Proposal’s objectives.