BREF

The EU created new rules in 2020 to encourage reusing treated wastewater for farming, while keeping people and the environment safe. These rules set minimum water quality, monitoring, and safety requirements. Using international guidelines and EU laws, the Joint Research Centre developed technical guidance to help manage health and environmental risks in water reuse systems. Experts, national authorities, and stakeholders helped create these guidelines through workshops and consultations. Real case studies from different EU countries were also included to support the guidance.