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EWA-Newsletter

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Issue 2 /Juni 2018

May 2018 saw publication of the latest report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the European Commission on bathing water quality in Europe,

- covering 21.801 bathing water sites monitored last year across Europe (21.509 in the 28 EU Member States, 292 in Albania and Switzerland),

- summarising that 95.9% of these bathing water sites complied with the minimum quality requirements set out in the 2006 Bathing Water Directive .

News from Brussels

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1. Bathing Water Quality (790.3 kB)

2. Revision ('recast') of the Drinking Water Directive (400.4 kB)

3.Implementation of the Birds and Habitats Directives in the EU (669.7 kB)

4. Enforcing the law: update on water-related infringement procedures (285.9 kB)

5. London area drinking water supply (360.2 kB)

6. Water-related questions in the European Parliament (340.8 kB)

7. Ofwat: Water consumption in the UK could be reduced by two thirds (507.3 kB)

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Issue 1 /March 2018

1 February saw publication of the overdue legislative proposal by the Commission for a revision (‘recast’) of the Drinking Water Directive. EWA News reported in December 2017).

News from Brussels

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1. International Water Association (IWA) 2018 Report on Waste Water Reuse (379.6 kB)

2. New Eurobarometer Environment published 18 December 2017 (275.5 kB)

3. Greece: Full privatisation of the two largest water companies EYDAP in Athens and EYATH in Thessaloniki has been cancelled (314.6 kB)

4. Revision of Drinking Water Directive: legislative proposal finally delivered (354.6 kB)

5. European Parliament to set up a special committee on pesticides authorisation (264.8 kB)

6. Croatia: Final report on major World Bank project “Reducing Wastewater Pollution in Sensitive Coastal Areas of the Adriatic Sea“ published (374.3 kB)

7. Netherlands: introduction of tradable phosphate rights for dairy cattle (256.2 kB)

8. Major simplification for LIFE applicant through two-stage application for LIFE (198.8 kB)

9. BREXIT and public procurement (384.5 kB)

10. Court of Justice judgment: International agreements between EU Member States on protection of investments (278.6 kB)

11. Revision of EU Waste Legislation Package on track to final adoption (373.4 kB)

12. Court of Justice of the European Union strengthens rights of NGOs (289.3 kB)

13. Enforcing the law: update on water-related infringement procedures (488.6 kB)

14. Guidance Framework for Direct Potable Reuse in Arizona (263.8 kB)

15. Water-related questions in the European Parliament (263.8 kB)

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Issue 3 / October 2017

Looking at the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the Commission has effected a public consultation which received more than 322,000 inputs. The main findings of the consultation can be summarised as follows:

- Agricultural policy is best managed at the EU level, focusing on core issues of support for farmers and environmental protection, consultation findings show.

- European citizens believe that agricultural policy should continue to be managed at the EU level and that helping farmers and protecting the environment should be its two main goals.

News from Brussels

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1. Water Framework Directive: State of play of 2nd generation of river basin management plans (288.9 kB)

2. Pesticide Glyphosate authorisation – latest developments (395.7 kB)

3. New DWA standard on waste water treatment plants with constructed wetlands (197.6 kB)

4. Revision of the Drinking Water Directive: radio silence (381.5 kB)

5. European Citizens’ Initiative “Stop Glyphosate” (392.7 kB)

6. Update on infringement procedures (364.9 kB)

7. Statistics infringements (385.2 kB)