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Background As European society has grown wealthier, it has increased its consumption of resources, especially in urban centres. The quantity of water, energy and other resources used by an average urban family has steadily increased. This in turn has increased the dependence of urban areas on outside regions for these resources as well as to serve as wast ...

Background According to the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD) 2000/60/EC, “water is not a commercial product like any other but, rather, a heritage which must be protected, defended and treated as such”. Nevertheless, water resources in the EU are under increasing pressure from continuous growth in demand, whilst water quality is under increasing thr ...