Noticias sobre Romania
EU Commission calls on Romania to ensure correct treatment of wastewater
The Commission is calling on Romania to comply with the requirements of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (Directive 91/271/EEC).
Idrica strengthens its international expansion with the opening of five new subsidiaries in 2021
In 2021, Idrica opened five new subsidiaries, in Hong Kong, Chile, Canada, Brazil and Saudi Arabia, in addition to those already up and running in the USA, Mexico, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Qatar and Romania, in line with its international expansion strategy.
Extreme weather in Europe costs around half a trillion euros over past 40 years
Extreme weather events like storms, heatwaves and flooding accounted for economic losses of around half a trillion euros over the past 40 years and led to between 85 000 and 145 000 human fatalities across Europe.
Sustainable sanitation task force report released
A new report by SS TF sheds light on the current situation of wastewater collection and treatment in the CEE region.
Aqualia acquires GGU for $180 million
Georgia Global Utilities (GGU), a fully owned subsidiary of Georgia Capital (GCAP), owns and operates the water cycle infrastructures of Tbilisi, Miskheta and Rustavi, including:…
Wastewater treatment improves in Europe but large differences remain
Collection and treatment of waste water are key to reducing pressures and risks to human health and the environment, especially to rivers, lakes, and coastal waters.
More needs to be done against water pollution from nitrates, says EC
The latest Commission Report on the implementation of the Nitrates Directive (based on data for 2016-2019) warns that nitrates are still causing harmful pollution to water in the EU.
Economic costs of heatwaves to increase five-fold by 2060
Scientists calculate that heatwaves, due to their impact on human productivity, are causing significant damage to Europe’s economy. New estimates show that the negative impact is set to increase sharply in the next decades.
Water ranking in Europe 2020
Europe is a very heterogeneous continent in many ways, and water is no exception.
Romania extends protection of the Dumbravita-Rotbav Fishpond Complex
Romania has extended the Dumbravita-Rotbav Fishpond Complex, which now covers five times its original area.
Detailed engineering makes a difference in the water sector
TecnoConverting Engineering was born in 2005 as a company specialised in building equipment for water treatment, in order to provide solutions to different issues faced by the sector.
Europe: Small hydropower plants do more harm than good, study finds
The example of Romania shows conflicting goals and misguided developments in European environmental and energy policy
Global warming could more than double costs caused by drought in Europe, study finds
In the absence of action to limit and adapt to climate change, the impact of droughts on Europe’s economy could reach over €65 billion a year by 2100, according to a JRC study published today in Nature Climate Change.
New WWF analysis reveals the possibility of freeing at least 7800 km of rivers in EU from barriers
WWF’s new Potential of Barrier Removal to Reconnect Europe’s Rivers report analyses a sample of 30,000 barriers on large and medium-sized rivers in Europe, and assesses their reconnection potential for the whole continent, the EU27, and by country.
Groundwater drives rapid erosion of the Canterbury coastline, New Zealand
Groundwater flow and seepage can form large gullies along coastal cliffs in the matter of days, it has been discovered, as per a recently-published paper.
EU Cohesion policy: €222 million for better drinking water in Romania
The European Commission has approved a major investment of over €222 million from the Cohesion Fund to upgrade and install drinking water and wastewater infrastructures in the Ilfov County in Romania.
Decisions behind closed doors could hinder green recovery in Central and Eastern Europe
Central and Eastern Europe’s unambitious and vague Green Recovery plans would perpetuate the unsustainable status-quo.
EC approves €370 million for better water quality and reduced wastewater in Romania
The European Commission has approved an investment of almost €370 million from the Cohesion Fund to increase the provision of safe drinking water and the collection and treatment of wastewater in Romania.
EU-funded international project PathoCERT launched
During emergency response operations, first responders are at risk of being exposed to dangerous pathogens (such as norovirus, e.
EU creates a pan-European Umbrella study for early coronavirus detection in wastewater
Wastewater has emerged as a reliable indicator of the presence of the SARS-CoV-2 virus in the population, while being itself not a source of infection.