Exchange

Exchange

Aqua Publica Europea supports public water operators' commitment to high quality services for all by facilitating knowledge-sharing and best-practices exchange. We do this through our Working Groups and Water Erasmus initiative. 

Water Erasmus

The “APE Water Erasmus”

The Aqua Publica Europea Water Erasmus initiative establishes a learning network of water experts by promoting short-term staff exchanges among APE operators.

The aim of the Aqua Publica Europea “Water Erasmus” initiative is threefold:

  • strengthen the capacities of public water operators to address common challenges through peer-to-peer learning
  • develop a shared culture of water management, based on the values of efficiency, affordability, innovativeness and on the strong involvement of elected officials and citizens in strategic decision-making
  • contribute to the realization of European environmental and social objectives through joint projects.

 

 

Eau de Paris visits Gruppo CAP
News

First Water Erasmus a success!

At the end of November last year, two staff members from Gruppo CAP (Milan, Italy) spent one week with Eau de Paris (Paris, France) to exchange practices about, amongst others, leak detection, drinking water treatment and energy recovery. Following this first experience, staff from Eau de Paris visited Gruppo CAP
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Working Groups

One of our main missions is to provide our members with a platform for mutual learning. APE Working Groups are operator-led and work on a wide range of issues responding to operators' knowledge needs.

  • WG Financing and Tariffs
  • WG Performance
  • WG Communication
  • WG Research and Innovation

  • Starting from the principle that water, which is a public and common good, is accessible to all at a reasonable price and is managed transparently, this WG seeks to analyse how water operators fund themselves and propose socially acceptable and sustainable financing models.

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    Coordinators

  • The Working Group aims at promoting the public sector’s commitment to efficiency and quality management. Its activities revolve around the exchange of best practices and definition of standards and benchmarks in relation the management of the operator and its customer service.

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    Coordinators

  • The main of the Working Group is to exchange experiences and information on communication strategies with the aim of promoting tap water and raising the profile of the public water sector.

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    Coordinators

    • Water Fountain
      Members' activities

      Promoting Tap Water as Drinking Water

      Many people are still wary about the quality of their tap water, even though tap water in Europe is subject to rigorous and frequent controls ensuring it is wholesome and complies with all relevant European standards. APE promotes the exchange on initiatives and communication actions put in place by its

  • The focus of the working group is promoting the growth of an “innovation culture” among public water utilities, facilitating best-practice exchanges on innovative solutions, and fostering joint innovation projects to address common challenges.

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      Demand-Driven Innovation in Smart Water Metering Solutions

      Since the beginning of the year, APE and 7 of its members are engaged in the Horizon2020 SMART.MET project. The aim of SMART.MET is to drive the development of new technologies to deal with the collection and management of smart metering data through a joint Pre-Commercial Procurement (PCP).