New realities require a new discipline

GWI’s Water Market Europe report shows that Western Europe is set to invest €320 billion in water and wastewater infrastructure over the next decade. David Lloyd Owen looks at what is driving this expenditure.

For Western Europe’s water utilities, the coming decade is one in which legislative pressures show little sign of easing, at a time when cost recovery and consumer reluctance to pay more for their services will put a real premium on operational efficiency and improving procurement.

Compared with the new members, the EU’s old guard can appear remarkably lax ...

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