{"id":1468,"date":"2026-04-22T13:20:39","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:20:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/?p=1468"},"modified":"2026-04-22T13:21:19","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T13:21:19","slug":"valzeo-highlights-water-europe-position-paper-on-the-water-framework-directive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/2026\/04\/22\/valzeo-highlights-water-europe-position-paper-on-the-water-framework-directive\/","title":{"rendered":"VALZEO Highlights Water Europe Position Paper on the Water Framework Directive"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The VALZEO project highlights the recent publication of a <strong>position paper by Water Europe<\/strong> addressing the future of the <strong>EU Water Framework Directive (WFD)<\/strong>\u2014a cornerstone of European water policy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The WFD plays a critical role in ensuring the protection and sustainable management of Europe\u2019s water resources, aiming to achieve good ecological and chemical status for rivers, lakes, and groundwater across Member States.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The position paper comes at a key moment, as the European Commission prepares a <strong>review and potential revision of the Directive<\/strong>, with the objective of strengthening water resilience, improving resource efficiency, and aligning water policy with circular economy priorities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stakeholders across the water sector emphasise the importance of maintaining strong environmental protections while enabling innovation and industrial development. Ensuring the balance between <strong>regulatory simplification and environmental integrity<\/strong> is essential for sustainable growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For VALZEO, these developments are highly relevant. The project contributes to EU priorities by developing <strong>zeolite-based materials from agricultural waste<\/strong> for water treatment, supporting pollution reduction and circular bioeconomy strategies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd17 <strong>Know more:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/watereurope.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WE-Position-Paper-Water-Framework-Directive_FINAL.pdf\">https:\/\/watereurope.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/WE-Position-Paper-Water-Framework-Directive_FINAL.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By engaging with policy developments such as the WFD revision, VALZEO reinforces its commitment to linking <strong>scientific innovation with policy impact<\/strong>, contributing to more sustainable water management across Europe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Funded by the European Union under Horizon Europe \u2013 MSCA Staff Exchanges (GA 101086354).<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The VALZEO project highlights the recent publication of a position paper by Water Europe addressing the future of the EU Water Framework Directive (WFD)\u2014a cornerstone of European water policy. The WFD plays a critical role in ensuring the protection and sustainable management of Europe\u2019s water resources, aiming to achieve good ecological and chemical status for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1469,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[34,13,16,12,14,29,35,56],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1468"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1470,"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1468\/revisions\/1470"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valzeo.eu\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}