despite the requirements of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (UWWTD). Several EU Member States have yet to satisfy …Water pollution caused by wastewater persists despite three decades of effort to clean up European surface waters and …

raises concerns for public health. Current reporting under the EU Water Framework Directive shows that a substantial … proportion of Europe's freshwaters are at risk of not achieving the aim of 'good status' by 2015. Driven by the EU Urban … UWWTD implementation remains incomplete and other significant sources of water pollution exist, especially agriculture and …