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Performance of Water Utilities beyond Compliance

Jun 06, 2014

'Performance of Water Utilities beyond Compliance' is a report published by the European Environment Agency (EEA) prepared in cooperation with WssTP, IWA , EWA , EUREAU, the European Commission, and benchmarking networks, which collectively represent approximately 70,000 utilities providing water for around 400 million people.

The data used in the report represents the water using habits of approximately 50 million people. Hans Bruyninckx, EEA Executive Director, said about the report: "There are few resources more vital than water. Despite huge improvements in the way we treat it, transport it and dispose of it, there are still severe environmental impacts. Water utilities can play a major role in making Europe's water use more efficient, so it would be good to have more data to compare their environmental performance."

The report aims to help the EU achieve its aims to use resources more efficiently. There is a lot of information on whether utilities and countries have complied with legislation, but less is known on the more specific details – how much water is wasted, how much energy is used in water treatment, and so on. Such information is useful to improve 'resource efficiency', a major policy goal in Europe.

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