Aqua Publica Europea publishes its Manifesto for the 2024 EU Elections: 5 priorities to achieve a fair, effective and sustainable management of water resources in Europe.

EU water legislation already provides a robust framework for managing and protecting water resources. EU water policies have also represented a reference model for many countries worldwide. However, some regulatory gaps and inconsistencies remain.

APE puts forward five key recommendations for future EU policymakers to ensure that water resources are managed in a fair, effective and sustainable way:

1. Strengthening our resilience towards water scarcity through a common action framework
2. Developing a new financing model for the water sector to reconcile affordability and financial sustainability
3. Completing the regulatory framework needed to achieve circularity
4. Closing the water-energy-pollution nexus
5. Promoting capacity development in the water sector through global not-for-profit partnerships

The full publication is available here.