Minimum requirements for water reuse
On 22 January, ENVI voted on the above draft report based on the Commission's proposal seeking to incentivise the reuse of treated waste water, while ensuring a high level of protection of health and environment. The proposal would apply solely to water reused for agricultural irrigation setting obligations for the operators of reclamation plants, where urban waste water is treated before being supplied to end-users.
15 compromise amendments introduce definitions and obligations upon different relevant actors involved and also ensure that competent authorities have sufficient powers to grant permits to relevant actors and control compliance by those actors with the requirements and conditions set out in the Regulation and, where appropriate, by the competent authorities themselves.