EU water policy has successfully contributed to water protection over the past three decades. However, in many regions in Europe, this precious resource is coming under increasing pressure, in particular from economic activities. We need to make sure that EU legislation is fit to respond to...

The overall objective of this study is to assist the European Commission with the evaluation of DWD. To this end, the study assessed to what extent the provisions of the Directive have been effective, efficient, coherent and relevant and have provided value added at EU level. The evaluation...

The European Union (EU) Drinking Water Directive (DWD), adopted in 1998, has been key to delivering high-quality drinking water across Europe. Despite its success illustrated by the high level of compliance to the requirements of the DWD achieved by Member States (MS), the implementation of the...