AQUA EUROPA

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AQUA EUROPA

• Stucture of the Association
• Strategic Objectives
• Operating Task Groups
• Chances, Consequences

2009
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AQUA EUROPA AISBL

• Operates under Belgian law registered office-
• Aqua Europa AISBL
• c/o Ecowater Systems Europe NV
• Geelseweg 30A
• B-2250 OLEN
• Belgium
• President Peter-Lorenz Schmidt

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AQUA EUROPA AISBL

• and a secretariat in London provided by
• British Water
• 1 Queen Annes Gate
• London
• SW1H 9BT
• UK
• Tel [phone]
• Fax [phone]
• Email info_at_britishwater.co.uk
• Acting Secretary-General David Neil-Gallacher

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ELEVEN associations in membership

• AUSTRIA Austrian Water Association
• FRANCE Syprodeau
• GERMANY FIGAWA
• BSW
• ITALY Aqua Italia
• NETHERLANDS Aqua Nederland
• SPAIN Aqua España
• SWITZERLAND Aqua Suisse
• UK BEAMA
• British Water
• plus one Associate Member
• USA Water Quality Association

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Aqua Europa launched 2005 - strategic objectives

• To operate as the representative body for supply
  chain of European water and wastewater industry
  in all aspects of water and wastewater
  infrastructure development and management
• To help promote best practice in water resource
  management workable regulation

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Aqua Europa The Brief

• AE aims to support members in promoting the
  supply of the most appropriate technologies,
  products and services for applications in
• - domestic and commercial water treatment
• - industrial process water treatment and
  management
• - water cycle management practice
• - municipal water supply
• - wastewater treatment
• - swimming pool water treatment
• - water infrastructure development
• in European and other agreed markets

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The Brief continued

• AE operates to support national associations and
  provide a platform to promote the Research and
  Development capability of the European water and
  wastewater industry
• Strong focus on developing effective European
  technical standards, products and applications to
  sustain environmental and financial resources

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Flexible structure TASK GROUPS geared to
industry needs

• TG-IWD443
• Revision of Italian Water Decree 443
• TG 1 - TC164/WG13
• Monitoring TC164 and its WGs links with TC 165
• TG 2 EAS/CPDW/M 136
• Participation in EAS Expert Group CPDW

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Flexible structure Task Groups geared to
industry needs (contd)

• TG 3 HYGIENIC ASPECTS OF DRINKING
  WATER/LEGIONELLA
• Hygiene in drinking water and development of AE
  Position Papers
• TG 4 DRINKING WATER DIRECTIVE
• Participation in DWD Stakeholder Group
  (Commission/industry consultation group)
• TG 5 TECHNICAL ISSUES IN RELATION TO DOMESTIC
  WATER TREATMENT

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Flexible structure Task Groups geared to
industry needs (contd)

• TG 6 WATER FRAMEWORK DIRECTIVE
• Monitoring implementation of WFD
• TG 7 TRAINING
• (Currently inactive)
• TG 8 MARKETING COMMUNICATIONS

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Flexible structure Task Groups geared to
industry needs (contd)

• TG 9 SWIMMING POOL WATER TREATMENT
• To monitor all aspects of swimming pool water
  treatment and its regulation
• TG 10 REACH
• To monitor introduction of REACH
• TASK GROUP LEADERS FORUM
• Improved co-ordination of TG activity

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Special Focus On Key Issues

• Dir 98/83 Revision of the DWD
• revision in progress AE participation
• Expert Group EAS
• focus on the revision of CE mark requirements
• evaluating procedures for measuring microbial
  growth
• integration of these procedures in the DWD
• List of positive proofed materials in contact
  with drinking water

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Aqua Europas raison dêtre and the need to
strengthen the group

• As an international association AE has open
  access to international working partners in
  industry and government
• Direct involvement in the CEN standardisation
  process
• CEN mandated by EC to develop technical standards

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Aqua Europas raison dêtre and the need to
strengthen the group (contd)

• Recognised by the European Commission as the
  representative body for the European water and
  wastewater industry engagement with, eg
• DG Environment
• DG Enterprise
• DG Competition
• other DGs as required
• EU-Parliament
• legislative working committees
• lobbying the parliament on industry issues

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Programme for 2009

• Operating through the Task Group structure, AE
  has an active programme for 2009 covering
• New projects under umbrella of CEN TC 164/WG 13
• Membrane development for ultra-filtration and
  adjustable dosing pumps
• Revision of the Drinking Water Directive
• Lobbying programme for development of EAS and
  inclusion of water treatment equipment within
  scope of M 136

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Programme for 2008 continued

• Implementation of Water Framework Directive
• Launch of Swimming Pool Treatment Task Group
• AE Newsletter
• On-going monitoring of policy issues emanating
  from Brussels
• Newsletter monitors and reports on developments
  in 10 policy areas defined by AE board

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2008 programme - continued

• AE is partner with the Institute of Environmental
  Engineering and Management at University of
  Witten, Germany, in EUs Asia Invest II Programme
  for the development of Environmental Modular
  Advanced Compact Systems (EMACS) to be adapted
  to polluting SMEs in China, Thailand and Vietnam,
  and successor programmes

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EU issues involvement includes

• Participation in stakeholder/expert groups on
  DWD, WFD, REACH
• Water re-cycling re-use
• European Water Initiative
• Climate change
• WSSTP Water Supply Sanitation Technology
  Platform

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AQUA EUROPA

• Thank you