Publications

EWA has several publications such as: proceedings and reports from the numerous conferences and workshops that it organises all over Europe and covering a very broad range of water related topics: E-WAter, newsletters, Water Manifesto, member publications and our yearbook.

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EWA Water Manifesto 2023

With this Water Manifesto, the European Water Association addresses water management challenges in Europe, proposes sustainable solutions, and urges all stakeholders to support implementation.

 

The full position paper can be downloaded here.

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EWA Position paper on the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD)

Full compliance with the current technical requirement of the Directive is now in sight,

but pollution from chemical micropollutants, microplastics and some bacteria and viruses,

which are not regulated in the UWWTD, remains

a challenge.

 

We believe that there are good reasons for the European Commission to:

 
• Extend the scope of pollutants in the UWWTD
 
o Chemical micropollutants
o Microorganisms
o Microplastics
o Storm water
 
• Eliminate chemical micropollutants and microplastics at source
 
• Specify new technical requirements in the UWWTD
 
• Integrate Waste Water Treatment Systems in the Circular Economy and Climate Change Policies
 
• Address governance issues to improve UWWTD implementation

 

The full position paper can be downloaded here

 

You can read the feedback about the revision of the proposal here

The feedback has been sent to the European Commission via the Open Consultation Portal.

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EWA Position Paper on the Evaluation of the Sewage Sludge Directive

The EWA Position Paper on the 2021 Evaluation of the Sewage Sludge Directive , the EWA urges the European politician to provide clarity, not only for the EWA but for all the involved stakeholders, on the strategy beyond 2027.

The EWA Position Paper presents its key perspectives which are imminent for the path going forward.

The complete version of the EWA Position Paper can be found here.

EWA Water Manifesto 2020

EWA Water Manifesto 2020

With its new Water Manifesto, the European Water Association (EWA) draws attention to current challenges for water management in Europe and makes proposals for sustainable solutions to these.

The EWA Water Manifesto 2020 concentrates on the following four themes:

  1. Nature-based Solutions to Respond to Climate Change
  2. Financing Investment in Water Services 
  3. Asset Management and Digitalisation of Water Infrastructure
  4. Boosting Water Demand Management

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EWA Position Paper on the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive 2019

The EWA Position Paper on the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive 2019 presents the following recommandations:

  1. Extend the scope of pollutants in the UWWTD
  2. Eliminate chemical micropollutants and microplastics at source
  3. New technical requirements in the UWWTD
  4. Integrate the wastewater treatment system in the circular economy
  5. Address governance issues to improve UWWTD implementation

The complete version of the EWA Position Paper can be found here.

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EWA Position Paper on the Water Framework Directive

The EWA Position Paper on the 2019 revision Water Framework Directive, the EWA urges the European politician to provide clarity, not only for the EWA but for all the involved stakeholders, on the strategy beyond 2027.

The EWA Position Paper presents its key perspectives which are imminent for the path going forward:

  • Ensuring continuation of the Water Framework Directive beyond 2017
  • Creating reliable foundations for water management – the need for interim targets
  • Implementing the “one out – all out” principle
  • Clarifying the non-deterioration principle
  • Needing to address all sources of pollution
  • Monitoring the process
  • Evaluating the effectiveness of the “phasing out” obligation
  • Harmonising the Water Framework Directive with other European regulations

 

The complete version of the EWA Position Paper can be found here.

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Finnish Water Services

The issue Finnish Water Services: Experiences in Global Perspective written by Tapio S. Katko and published by the Finnish Water Utilities Association (FIWA) is available. 

The book argues in favor of institutional divesity: allowing different types of arrangements depending on local conditions. It is also argued that countries in the north and south , east and west have many lessons to be shraed and learned from. Insp ite of this, water services development have have to take local conditions always into account.

The following development in Finnish water servcies are exceptionally interesting in the wider international context, but their applicability to other conditions are worthwhile to be explored:

Water and wastewater utilities have been integrated in urban areas except in some supra-municipal systems:

  • A special wastewater fee act was passed to speed up water pollution control;
  • Demand-based and consumer-managed cooperatives in rural areas have also increasingly started to treat wastwaters:
  • Different kinds of administrative and governance systems of water services from on-site to cooperatives, urban utilities, and several forms of supra-municipal entities have been established
  • Adherence to the principle of continous and dynamic development instead

 

For more information on how to order a copy, please click here.

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E-WAter / electronic journal

E-WAter is targeted at European practitioners and researchers by providing a forum where articles presenting and discussing technical views and experiences of European authors in every domain of water management may be published.

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Newsletter articles by Dr. Helmut Blöch

Informations about the different activities and initiatives of the EWA, of the new events organised, our members and inside news directly from the EU capital Brussels, from the European Commission and the European institutions.

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Proceedings & Reports

Reports and conference proceedings from past events. Download the documents.

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Member Publications

Publications of our national member associations: Newsletter, journals and magazines.

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