WAREG’s Draft Work Plan 2025‑2026 turns the priorities adopted by the 34th General Assembly into a practical two‑year roadmap. All analytical work is channelled into four thematic Working Groups about the emergent themes ongoing in Europe´s Water sector—Tariffs, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), the Drinking Water Directive (DWD) and the Urban Wastewater Treatment…
Date 6 May 2025Jūrmala, Latvia, April 3, 2025 – WAREG concluded its 34th General Assembly on April 2–3, hosted by the Public Utility Commission of Latvia (PUC). Chaired by WAREG President Vera Eiró, the Assembly brought together European water regulators to adopt the 2025–2026 Work Plan, reinforcing WAREG’s leadership role in advancing regulatory…
Date 3 April 20256 March 2025
WAREG, the association of 34 Water Regulatory Authorities in Europe (www.wareg.org), welcomes the European Commission’s initiative to develop an EU-wide Water Resilience Strategy. Independent national regulatory authorities where they exist in EU Countries play a crucial role in ensuring safe, qualitative and economically affordable water services…
Date 6 March 2025Water and aquatic ecosystems are under severe pressure. The European Water Resilience Strategy will set up a holistic multi-annual cross-sectoral plan with milestones in 2030 or 2040 to achieve a water resilient Europe, to ensure that water sources are properly managed, scarcity is addressed, and that we enhance the…
Date 6 February 2025The European Commission will host a dedicated event to provide input on the upcoming European Water Resilience Strategy.
Stakeholders and civil society are invited to “Towards a Water Resilience Strategy for the European Union”, a high-level event taking place on 6 March (09:00–18:00) at the European Commission’s premises in Brussels.…
Date 5 February 2025A call for experts from EU Member states for WAREG’s Members.
InnWater Project InformationInnovative and cross sector governance of water is the next step to face the multi-dimensional societal challenges that are upon us. The validation of these innovations will help with the challenge of governing to reduce the…
Date 14 January 2025Following the election held on December 10th, we are pleased to share more insights from the distinguished members of WAREG’s new Board. Their leadership and expertise will guide our work over the next two years as we tackle challenges in the water sector and promote regulatory excellence across Europe.…
Date 13 December 2024Brussels, December 10-11, 2024 – The 33rd General Assembly of the European Water Regulators (WAREG) concluded successfully on 10-11 December at the CEER Premises in Brussels. Bringing together 34 regulatory authorities from across Europe and stakeholders, this meeting addressed important developments within the water sector and set a strategic course…
Date 12 December 2024Since the beginning of active hostilities on the territory of Ukraine, critical infrastructure facilities, including networks and capacities of water supply and wastewater treatment companies, have been continuously destroyed. The financial and economic condition of these utilities is currently highly vulnerable, and the state and local budgets lack necessary resources…
Date 5 November 2024The Moldovan authorities have recently revised the Law on Public Water Supply and Sewerage Service No. 303/2013, which governs public water supply and sewerage services.
These revisions introduce new requirements for market participants seeking a license to operate.
Additionally, the changes mandate that all tariffs for public water…
Date 31 July 2024
