Agreement on the revised EU Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive
BREAKING NEWSCongrats to Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius and his Team for reaching agreement on the revised Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive. With the new measures in place, more nutrients will be removed from (EU) urban wastewaters and new standards will be applied to micropollutants.The Directive is a key element of the European Green Deal and the Zero Pollution Action Plan.Following the ‘polluter pays' principle, the new law will ensure that the costs for this protection will be partially covered by the responsible industry, rather than by the water tariffs or the public budget. In addition, it…