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ARTICLE · 10 MARCH 2026

Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive – Irish Transposition

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Details of the Irish extended producer responsibility organisation, required to be established under article 10 of the recast Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive, remain awaited.

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Details of the Irish extended producer responsibility organisation, required to be established under article 10 of the recast Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive, remain awaited.

As a recap, the recast Directive, which came into force on 1 January 2025, requires EU Member States to:

  • collect and treat wastewater in all urban areas of more than 1,000 inhabitants;
  • remove more nutrients that otherwise cause harmful eutrophication with tertiary treatment;
  • remove micropollutants with quaternary treatment, financed by extended producer responsibility;
  • make treatment plants energy-neutral and reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by 2045; and
  • monitor wastewater for health parameters, such as SARS-Covid and anti-microbial resistance.

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