On Monday 16 October in Luxembourg, the Environment Ministers of the EU Member States reached agreement on the EU Council’s negotiating position on the proposed revision of the 30-year-old Directive 91/271/EEC on urban wastewater treatment.
This future modernised directive aims to tackle residual pollution in wastewater, combat toxic micropollutants, extend water treatment to small municipalities, reduce the energy consumption of wastewater treatment plants and introduce a system of...