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Technical assessment of the implementation of Council Directive concerning Urban Waste Water Treatment (91/271/EEC), Final version 25 March 2015

External Data Spec Published 18 Oct 2016

Topics: Resource efficiency and waste Water and marine environment

The Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive1 (UWWTD, hereinafter referred to as “the Directive”) is one of the core elements of EU water policy. Adopted in 1991 its objective is to protect the environment from adverse effects of discharges of urban waste water from settlement areas and biodegradable industrial waste water from the agro-food sector. Principally, but not exclusively, the Directive requires that all European agglomerations with a size of more than 2,000 population equivalents (p.e.)2 are equipped with collecting and treatment systems for their waste waters. The Directive provides for biological waste water treatment (‘secondary treatment’) to significantly reduce the biodegradable pollution in waste water. In the so-called sensitive areas (i.e. those areas suffering from eutrophication or used for other purposes such as e.g. bathing or drinking water abstraction) and their related catchments, more stringent treatment is required to eliminate nutrients (mainly nitrogen and/or phosphorus) before the waste water is discharged.

Provider:: https://www.umweltbundesamt.de
Dataset URL:: http://ec.europa.eu/environment/water/water-urbanwaste/implementation/implem_report_2016/8th%20Technical%20assessment%20of%20information%20on%20the%20implementation%20of%20Council%20Directive%2091-271-EEC.pdf
Other comments:: This document has been produced by Umweltbundesamt GmbH for the European Commission, DG Environment. It reflects data reported by EU Member States as of 31 December 2011 or – in case more recent data was available – as of 31 December 2012. This document does not necessarily represent the official position of the European Commission or of any Member State of the European Union.

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