Directive (EU) 2024/3019 concerning urban wastewater treatment

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<p>This Directive lays down rules on the collection, treatment and discharge of urban wastewater, to protect the environment and human health, while progressively reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to sustainable levels, improving the energy balance of urban wastewater collection and treatment activities and contributing to the transition towards a circular economy. It also lays down rules on access to sanitation for all, on transparency of the urban wastewater sector, on the regular surveillance of relevant public health parameters in urban wastewater and on the implementation of the polluter-pays principle.</p>

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Directive (EU) 2024/3019 concerning urban wastewater treatment

Target

Policy instrument

Risk

Impacted group

Just transition

Renewable energy

Fossil fuel

Greenhouse gas

Economic sector

Adaptation/resilience

Finance