Activities of Emma WIESNER related to 2022/0345(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Urban wastewater treatment (debate)
Amendments (18)
Amendment 213 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 35
Recital 35
(35) To adapt this Directive to scientific and technical progress, the power to adopt acts in accordance with Article 290 TFEU should be delegated to the Commission in respect of amending certain parts of the Annexes with regard to the requirements for the secondary, tertiary and quaternary treatment and the requirements for specific authorisations for discharges of non- domestic wastewater into collecting systems and urban wastewater treatment plants and in respect of supplementing this Direcrtive by establishing minimum reuse and recycling rates for phosphorus and nitrogen from sludge. Iurban wastewater and sludge, in order to incentivise a variety of recovery techniques, including pyrolysis and struvite precipitation as well as nutrient recovery from sludge. Considering that phosphorous and nitrogen are valuable resources for agriculture, the Commission should aim to adopt these delegated acts within one year after end of the transposition of this directive. Within this time period, it is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work, including at expert level, and that those consultations be conducted in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement on Better Law-Making. In particular, to ensure equal participation in the preparation of delegated acts, the European Parliament and the Council receive all documents at the same time as Member States’ experts, and their experts systematically have access to meetings of Commission expert groups dealing with the preparation of delegated acts.
Amendment 257 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 4
(4) 'agglomeration' means an area where the pollution load of urban wastewater is sufficiently concentrated (1025 p.e. per hectare or above) for urban wastewater to be collected and conducted to an urban wastewater treatment plant or to a final discharge point;
Amendment 386 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 1
1. By way of derogation from Article 3, where exceptionally the establishment of a collecting system is not justified either because it would produce no environmental benefit or because it would involve excessive cost, Member States shall ensure that individual systems for the treatment of urban wastewaters (‘individual systems’) are used.
Amendment 387 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 4 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Member States shall ensure that the individual systems referenced in paragraph 1 are designed, operated and maintained in a manner that ensures at least the same level of treatment as the secondary and tertiary treatments referred to in Articles 6 and 7 high and appropiate treatment.
Amendment 396 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Amendment 405 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – introductory part
4. Member States that use individual systems to treat more than 2 % of the urban wastewater load from agglomerations of 2 000 p.e. and above shall provide the Commission with a detailed justification for the use of individual systems in each of the agglomerations. That justification shall:
Amendment 408 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point c
Article 4 – paragraph 4 – point c
Amendment 465 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 6 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Urban waste water discharges to waters situated in cold climate regions where it is difficult to apply an effective biological treatment due to low temperatures may be subjected to treatment (biochemial oxygen demand, BOD5 as defined in annex 1, table 1, row 2) less stringent than that prescribed in paragraph 1, if the average annual water temperature of the inlet is below 6◦C, and provided that detailed studies indiciate that such discharges do not adversely affect the environment. However, the treatment must reach a minimum reduction percentage of 40%, measured at least weekly.
Amendment 1024 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point a
(a) establishing collecting systems in accordance with Article 3 for agglomerations with a p.e. of less than 1 000 (but no less than 200 p.e.);
Amendment 1031 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point b
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point b
(b) applying secondary treatment in accordance with Article 6 to discharges of urban wastewater from agglomerations with a p.e. of less than 1 000 (but no less than 200 p.e.);
Amendment 1037 #
(c) applying tertiary treatment in accordance with Article 7 to discharges of urban wastewater from agglomerations with a p.e. of less than 10 000 (but no less than 200 p.e.);
Amendment 1039 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point d
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point d
(d) applying quaternary treatment in accordance with Article 8 to discharges of urban wastewater from agglomerations with a p.e. of less than 10 000 (but no less than 200 p.e.);
Amendment 1041 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point e
Article 18 – paragraph 2 – point e
(e) establishing integrated urban wastewater management plans in accordance with Article 5 for agglomerations below 10 000 p.e. (but no less than 200 p.e.) and adoption of measures referred to in Annex V;
Amendment 1046 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 18 a (new)
Article 18 a (new)
Article18a Necessary adaptation of urban wastewater collection and treatment infrastructures Member States shall take all necessary measures to anticipate and adapt their urban wastewater collection and treatment infrastructures to address increased loads of domestic wastewater, including the construction of new infrastructures where necessary. All precautionary measures, shall be taken to avoid deterioration of ecological status below good, and of chemical status of affected water bodies. Member States shall be considered to comply with the objectives set out in Directive 2000/60/EC if all following criteria are met: (a) alternative ways to address the increase in domestic wastewater loads, including the consideration of alternative points of discharge of domestic wastewater, would not produce more environmental benefits or they would involve excessive cost; (b) all technically feasible mitigation measures are set out in the authorisations referred to in Articles 13 and 14 and effectively implemented to minimise the impacts on the affected water bodies including where so required more stringent emission controls than those applied prior to the increase of domestic wastewater load, with the aim of meeting the objectives set out in Directive 2000/60/EC and in particular the environmental quality standards set in accordance with Directive 2008/105/EC;
Amendment 1096 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 2
Article 20 – paragraph 2
2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 27 to supplement this Directive by setting out the minimum reuse and recycling rates for phosphorus and nitrogen from urban wastewater and sludge, in order to take into account available technologies for phosphorus and nitrogen recovery in sludge. The Commission shall adopt these delegated acts by [date of the last day of the year after the end of the transposition of this Directive].
Amendment 1104 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 20 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 20 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Member States may take measures to encourage the purchasing of recovered nutrients from urban wastewater and sludge.
Amendment 1105 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 21 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. Member States shall ensure that competent authorities or appropiate bodies monitor:
Amendment 1119 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 21 – paragraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 2
2. For all agglomerations of 10 000 p.e. and above, Member States shall ensure that competent authorities or appropiate bodies monitor the concentration and loads of pollutants from storm water overflows and urban runoff discharged into water bodies .