NEWSLETTER | Summer 2021

In our Summer 2021 newsletter, you will find the international conference A blue new deal report, public water operators peer-to-peer exchanges, webinars series wrap-up video and an interview with UN Special Rapporteur on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation.

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The SMART-MET consortium concludes the installation of 3000 innovative smart water metering solutions in five European sites

Aqua Publica and seven of its members have been involved in the EU-funded research project SMART.MET for the development of innovative solutions for smart metering that now is reaching its final stage.

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EVENT | A BLUE NEW DEAL: Water’s role in a sustainable and fair future

On 20 May, Aqua Publica Europea and Águas de Gaia, the public water operator of the city of Vila Nova de Gaia (Portugal), co-organised the international conference "A Blue new Deal: water's role in a sustainable and fair future” to discuss how effective protection of water resources can contribute to building a green and fair recovery.

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PRESS RELEASE | WATER REUSE: Public Water Operators welcome approved rules for water reuse in a circular economy

Following last week's vote in the European Parliament’s plenary, Aqua Publica Europea, the European Association of Public Water Operators, welcomes the adoption of the Water Reuse Regulation as a critical harmonised framework for the reuse of treated water for irrigation. The new legislation sets common European quality standards for water

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Aqua Publica Europea participates in the 4th Global WOPs Congress

Aqua Publica Europea to participate in the 4th Global WOPs Congress organises by the UN-Habitat/ Global Water Operators’ Partnerships Alliance (GWOPA) from 18 to 29 October

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Aqua Publica Europea to participate in one of the biggest EU-funded project on freshwater ecosystems’ restoration

Mainstreaming Ecological Restoration of freshwater-related ecosystems in a Landscape context: INnovation, upscaling and transformation (MERLIN) is an EU research project, coordinated by the University of Duisburg-Essen (Germany), which will seek innovative solutions based on nature to restore the functions of freshwater ecosystems and mitigate climate change.

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Aqua Publica Europea President speaks at the Stockholm World Water Week

On 27 August 2021, Bernard Van Nuffel, Aqua Publica Europea President, spoke about Nature-Based Solutions at the Stockholm World Water Week event "Ambitious nature-based solutions are the key to accelerating adaptation" convened by WWF.

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APE Webinar Series | Financing Opportunities for the Water Sector: #3 Water and Interreg Programmes

On 28 April 2021, Aqua Publica Europea organised the third webinar of its series of briefings on the opportunities for the water sector. This session was focused on Interreg Programmes opportunities for the water sector.

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INTERVIEW | Prof Pedro Arrojo-Agudo, UN Special Rapporteur

Prof Pedro Arrojo-Agudo was appointed as the new UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights on the human rights to safe drinking water and sanitation in November 2020. Aqua Publica had the opportunity to interview him about his mandate priorities and so how public water operators can contribute. The interview is presented in a format of five episodes.

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APE Webinar Series | Financing Opportunities for the Water Sector: #2 Supporting investments in Water

On 30 March 2021, Aqua Publica Europea organised the second webinar of its series of briefings on the opportunities for the water sector. The second webinar "EU instruments to support investments in water" gathered European public water utilities and the financial public sector.