The European Investment Bank (EIB) granted a loan of €200 million to Sardinian operator Abbanoa (Italy) to support the operator’s plan for investment in infrastructure with a strategic focus on new technology and hydraulic and energy efficiency. Priority interventions include the construction of experimental operations for the treatment of urban

Scottish Water is leading a consortium of eight partners from six countries in the Water Test Network project , partially funded through the Interreg programme and with a total budget of €6 million. The launch event took place on 11 December in Brussels. Water Test Network will create a transnational

On 8 November 2018, Alessandro Russo (Gruppo CAP), Vice-President of Aqua Publica, presented the perspectives from the municipal water management point of view during the conference organised in Rome (Italy) by the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development: ' The management of a common good: access to drinking water for

On 17 October, public water operators in Aquawal launched a new video campaign to promote tap water . Four videos will be released, with the first one already online and highlighting why it is important to drink water, with the participation of Olivier Fraipont, Belgian TV personality. With this new

SMAT (Torino, Italy) launched its first Water Award, that will allocate to its winner a prize of €20.000 and a year’s right to use its Research Center’s fully equipped workstation. The objective of this new initiative is to promote intelligence, creativity and technological innovation applied to the management of the

On 5 September, Eau de Paris (France) launched street art exhibition in Paris. This year's street art competition took place throughout the summer with the theme ‘ Water in the City ’. Four hundred and thirty candidates participated and three winners were announced at the opening of the exhibition. The

The Spanish operator Aguas de Cádiz has presented its new strategic plan, which spans over 10 years and foreseen the investment of over 60 million. This plan is unique of its kind in the sense that it was put together through an innovative process of citizen participation. Read more on