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Two new industry documents – the IGU's 2026 assessment and the Joint Biomethane Declaration – agree: biomethane is Europe's only immediate, scalable domestic alternative to imported gas.
The two main goals of the EU's Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive seem to contradict each other, but with the right strategy both can be met.
A new study commissioned by the European Commission puts a figure, for the first time, on the social and economic price Europe pays for PFAS pollution – and on the difference between acting and doing nothing.
An international study on the resource recovery potential of wastewater: water, energy, nutrients, critical trace materials and carbon in one integrated system.
British researchers have developed an AI-assisted decision support system that learns from regulatory reports and offers real-time help when handling water quality incidents.
The Council of the EU has approved an updated list of water pollutants, including PFAS and pharmaceutical residues – while loosening the principles of the Water Framework Directive.
A comparative study of Chinese and European wastewater treatment plants shows that indirect emissions and energy use are the critical obstacles to cutting their carbon footprint.