The Council of the European Union has adopted today the revised text of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD), meaning the legislation will drive urban #water management in #Europe for the years to come. This update is a significant step in the right direction, paving the way to a water-resilient Europe. 🇪🇺 💧 👉 Enhancing #WaterQuality and protecting the health of European citizens: By extending the requirement for tertiary and quaternary treatments, the directive ensures that pollutants are significantly reduced before discharge enabling an improvement of the water environment and safeguarding the #health of citizens by minimizing exposure to harmful substances. 🧑🤝🧑 👉 Protecting ecosystems: The directive mandates Member States to protect sensitive areas prone to eutrophication, and to prevent stormwater overflows and anticipate extreme weather events, encouraging the use of #nature-based solutions to restore urban ecosystems. 🌿 👉 Transforming wastewater into a key resource for the #CircularEconomy: The directive supports the circular economy by turning wastewater treatment plants into resource recovery facilities to produce #energy and fight #ClimateChange, promote the reuse of treated #wastewater, and recycle phosphorus and nitrogen. ♻️ Based on its more than 100-year-old expertise and portfolio of solutions for water management, Veolia is ready to collaborate with policymakers, municipalities and local communities to effectively implement these changes, deploy required technologies and solutions, and create a resilient and sustainable water future for all. 🤝🌏 #EcologicalTransformation
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