On 4 December 2025, WAREG will host the 4th European Forum on the Regulation of Water Services (EFRWS25) in Brussels with a live stream available online. The Forum brings together independent regulators, EU institutions, public authorities, and…
Date 2 October 2025The European Water Resilience Strategy, adopted by the European Commission in June 2025, represents the most recent milestone in EU water policy. Unlike the core directives that form the legal backbone of the Water Acquis, the Strategy is a policy framework designed to complement and reinforce existing legislation while addressing…
Date 8 September 2025We are excited to announce the open call for the InnWater Summer School, taking place on September 25th & 26th, 2025! This unique event, organized by the InnWater project and funded by the European Union’s Horizon Europe program, aims to foster knowledge exchange and capacity building in innovative water governance, economic modelling, and…
Date 1 July 2025On June 18-19, WAREG held its 35ᵗʰ General Assembly in Athens, hosted by the Regulatory Authority for Energy, Waste and Water of Greece (RAAEY). The two-day assembly opened with progress reports from WAREG’s Working Groups on Tariffs, Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), the Drinking Water Directive (DWD) and the Urban Wastewater…
Date 20 June 2025When WAREG’s 34ᵗʰ General Assembly endorsed the new Work Plan, members agreed that the four Working Groups—Tariffs, KPIs, Drinking Water Directive (DWD) and Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD)—should build on the most complete evidence already available. Two earlier studies supply much of that groundwork: Tariff Regulatory Frameworks in WAREG Member Countries (2019)…
Date 14 May 2025WAREG’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 2025
