Energy and Utilities

The safe and reliable supply of water and the protection of water resources are essential for human life and ecosystems. To fulfil this essential need a reliable and well-designed construction for drinking water and wastewater treatment infrastructure is needed. Insufficient infrastructure and poor water and wastewater management has a negative impact on people, economic activities and the environment. European standards provide a reliable support for the construction of these infrastructures and for testing the water quality.

CEN develops standards in the field waste management, including public cleaning, taking into particular account technical and logistical aspects. The standards cover also products and procedures, as well as safety requirements for: collection, transport, storage and transfer of solid and liquid waste.

CEN standards are also developed for determining the characteristics of waste and waste behaviour.