Water Supply, Sewerage & Waste
Water treatment, waste management, and resource recovery activities supporting circular and clean systems.
Water supply, sewerage, and waste management form a critical infrastructure sector in the EU Taxonomy. These activities are essential for public health and environmental protection, and they present significant opportunities for reducing emissions and advancing circular economy goals.
The sector includes water collection and treatment, construction and operation of wastewater treatment plants, anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge and bio-waste, material recovery from non-hazardous waste, and landfill gas capture. Each activity has specific criteria targeting energy efficiency, methane emission reduction, and resource recovery rates.
Climate adaptation is particularly important for water and waste infrastructure, which is highly exposed to physical climate risks. Flooding can overwhelm sewerage systems, drought affects water supply, and extreme heat accelerates waste decomposition. Where the applicable criteria invoke Appendix A, operators may need to document a proportionate assessment of material risks and suitable adaptation solutions; the activity record controls the scope.
Economic Activities
Construction, extension and operation of water collection, treatment and supply systems
Type not verifiedConstruction, extension and operation of water collection, treatment and supply systems in the official EU Taxonomy Compass Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation sector, with source links to current criteria.
Renewal of water collection, treatment and supply systems
Type not verifiedRenewal of water collection, treatment and supply systems in the official EU Taxonomy Compass Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation sector, with source links to current criteria.
Construction, extension and operation of waste water collection and treatment
Type not verifiedConstruction, extension and operation of waste water collection and treatment in the official EU Taxonomy Compass Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation sector, with source links to current criteria.
Renewal of waste water collection and treatment
Type not verifiedRenewal of waste water collection and treatment in the official EU Taxonomy Compass Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation sector, with source links to current criteria.
Collection and transport of non-hazardous waste in source segregated fractions
Type not verifiedCollection and transport of non-hazardous waste in source segregated fractions in the official EU Taxonomy Compass Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation sector, with source links to current criteria.
Anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge
Type not verifiedAnaerobic digestion of sewage sludge in the official EU Taxonomy Compass Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation sector, with source links to current criteria.