Make water circular again!

CEMR and Eurocities held a joint event on clean and circular on Monday (7 June) as an official partner event of European Green Week. This was an opportunity for lively exchanges between experts from international organisations and local elected officials actively working on sustainable water management in their constituencies.

Oriana Romano, head of unit for water governance and circular economy in cities at the OECD, spoke on the urgent need to take action on water issues, particularly given the ever-growing populations of urban areas.

The solutions on water management are often eminently local, as was apparent from the interventions of Mayors Filippe Aujo of Porto (Portugal) and Marieke Schouten of Nieuwegein (Netherlands). The local leaders highlighted the actions taken in their cities on water quality, the treatment of wastewater and flooding events.

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