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New challenges facing Europe’s waste water treatment plants present opportunities for improving sustainability

News Published 09 Oct 2019 Last modified 23 Nov 2020

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More investment is needed to make urban waste water treatment plants fit to meet the difficult challenges posed by the impacts of climate change, as well as the presence of antibiotics and other micro-pollutants in waste water, according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing published today.