What changed between the draft committee report and the plenary report

Added:Annex I – Part D – paragraph 8: Note 2: The percentage of removal shall be calculated on dry weather flow for at least six substances in categories 1 and 2 and all substances in category 3. The number of substances in category 1 shall be twice the number of substances in category 2. If less than six substances can be measured in sufficient concentration, the competent authority shall designate other substances to calculate the minimum percentage of removal when it is necessary. The average of the percentages of removal of all substances used in the calculation shall be used in order to assess whether the required 80 % minimum percentage of removal has been reached.

Added:Annex I – Part D – point 2 – paragraph 1: Member States shall use time-based 24-hour samples which shall be collected at the same well-defined point in the outlet and, if necessary, in the inlet of the urban wastewater treatment plant . However, any time-based samples used to monitor micro-pollutants shall be 48-hour samples.

Added:Annex I – Part D – point b a (new): (ba) Category 3 (substances of high risk) / (i) Telmisartan (CAS No 144701-48-4) / (ii) Bisphenol A (CAS No 80-05-7) / (iii) Beta-estradiol (CAS No 50-28-2) / (iv) Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) (CAS No 1763-23-1)

Added:Annex I – Part D – point 6: 6. Analyses concerning discharges from lagooning shall be carried out on filtered samples; however, the concentration of total suspended solids in unfiltered water samples of such discharges shall not exceed 150 mg/l. Equivalent digital on-line sensor measurement may be used as an alternative for this purpose.

Added:Annex II – point 1: 1. Areas located in the catchments of the Baltic Sea, the Black Sea, the North Sea and the Adriatic Sea identified as sensitive to eutrophication under Directives 2008/56/EC or 2000/60/EC;

Added:Annex V – point 1 – point b a (new): (ba) a stress test assessment of the vulnerability of collecting systems and urban wastewater treatment plants based on climate change scenarios;

Added:Annex V – point 2 – point a – paragraph 1: a goal that storm water overflow, represents no more than approximately 1 % of the annual collected urban wastewater load calculated in dry weather conditions, taking into account the local needs of environmental protection, achievable by technically and economically proportionate means;

Added:Annex V – point 2 – point a – paragraph 1 a (new): Member States may provide that the goal referred to in the first subparagraph can alternatively be demonstrated based on a number of occurrences of storm water overflows (but not more than 20 cases per year) or a volume of discharged urban runoff (but not more than 15% of the yearly volume, based on modelling);

Added:Annex V – point 2 – point a – paragraph 1 b (new): A derogation to the obligation in paragraph 2 (a) at national level can be granted in case of the effective use of separate sewers as in Article 2 (9) (d) if that ensures the same level of environmental protection.

Added:Annex V – point 2 – point a – paragraph 2 – introductory part: Measures to achieve this goal shall be in place by:

Added:Annex V – point 2 – point a – paragraph 2 – point i: (i) 31 December 2030 for all agglomerations of 100 000 p.e. and above;

Added:Annex V – point 2 – point a – paragraph 2 – point ii: (ii) 31 December 2035 for agglomerations of 10 000 p.e. and above identified in accordance with paragraph 2 of Article 5;

Added:Annex V – point 3: 3. the measures to be taken to achieve the objectives referred to in point 2 and adaptation measures to climate change for the relevant infrastructures on the basis of the stress test assessment referred to in point (ba) of point 1 accompanied with a clear identification of the actors involved and their responsibilities in the implementation of the integrated plan.

Added:Annex V – point 4 – point a: (a) firstly, preventive measures aiming at avoiding the entry of unpolluted rain waters into collecting systems, including measures promoting natural water retention or rainwater harvesting, and measures increasing green and blue spaces limiting impermeable surfaces in the agglomerations;

Added:Annex V – point 4 – point c: (c) finally, where necessary to achieve the objectives referred to in point 2, additional mitigation measures including the adaptation of the infrastructure for the collection, storage and treatment of urban wastewater, such as connecting newly built urban areas to separate sewers, or the creation of new infrastructures with a priority to green and blue infrastructure such as green urban spaces, green roofs, vegetated ditches, treatment wetlands and storage ponds designed in order to support biodiversity. Water reuse shall be considered in the context of the development of the integrated urban wastewater management plans referred to in Article 5.

Added:Annex VI – point 1 a (new): (1a) The information in the following points shall be accessible on-line, and consumers may obtain access to that information by other means upon justified request.

Added:Annex VI – point 8 – point c: (c) the total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions (in tonnes of CO2 equivalent) emitted per year and source.

Added:Annex VI – point 10: (10) information on how to lodge a complaint and how to report non-compliant wastewater discharges to competent authorities and a summary of the nature and statistics regarding complaints and of the answers provided by the urban wastewater treatment plant operators on matters falling within the scope of this Directive.

Added:Annex VI – point 10 a (new): (10a) upon justified request, historical data, dating back at least 10 years, shall be accessible.