Policy options to set minimum quality requirements for reused water in the EU : analysis of open public consultation : analysis report

Since 2012 the European Commission has been actively exploring how to best optimise water reuse in the EU, as a way to help solve the issue of water scarcity and droughts and help deliver the objectives of the Water Framework Directive. In this context it has conducted several rounds of stakeholder consultation. The latest public consultation, which ran from 27.10.2016 to 27.01.2017 and followed by a stakeholders' meeting in Brussels on 8th of March, specifically focuses on the benefits, barriers and relevant EU instruments to foster water reuse in agriculture irrigation and aquifer recharge.