W Water reuse Impact assessment CIS WG PoM 25/03/2014 Dagmar Behrendt Kaljarikova Water Unit Directorate General for Environment European Commission

State of play – Water reuse BIO Intelligence contract – Task 1 – Review previous work, finalise methodology (scope, problem definition, baseline scenario) and identify policy options – March 2014  MS: AT, BE (Flanders), CZ, CY, DE, FI, FR, LT, LU, IT, MT, RO, SE, SK, UK  Stakeholders: EUREAU, Water supply and sanitation Technology Platform (WssTP), WHO, two operators of large reuse schemes (Torrele IPR scheme in BE; London Olympic Park), EIP Water, UIE (French water industry association)  Pending: ES, PT, EL, COPA COGECA

Next steps – Water reuse Impact assessment of the identified policy options  Impact Assessment Roadmap – internal agreement at DG ENV by March/April (publication – after agreed with other DGs/services (ISG) and SG)  Public consultations – to be launched April/May 2014 (questionnaire), GreenWeek – session on water reuse (5/6/14)  Stakeholders meeting – October 2014  Completion of IA (proposal of an EU level instrument on water reuse) – December 2014  EC Impact Assessment Board – March 2015  Commission proposal of an EU-level instrument on water reuse (if justified) – end 2015

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