Where are the high-end wastewater projects?

摘要

This month, the GWI Project Tracker shines the spotlight on a wave of ter-tiary wastewater projects in Europe. Enhanced nutrient removal has been on the agenda on the Old Continent for some decades already, thanks to the require-ments introduced by the then-European Community's 1991 Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD), but it is now seeing a wave of renewed interest. Today, factors ranging from the the influence of EU regulations on new and aspiring members to the need for infra-structure renewal in mature markets are bringing about a new batch of tertiary pro-jects. In some parts, the latest technologi-cal advances are prompting rich utilities to seek even more advanced treatment, often setting their sights on the emerging issue of micropollutants.