For DAQUAS (Spanish Association of Urban Water) the upcoming Circular Economy Act must recognize and harness the full potential of water services, and in particular wastewater and sludge, for resource and nutrient recovery. These resources contribute to a circular economy, enhance competitiveness and strengthen the EU internal market. However, significant regulatory, market and technologica barriers remain.
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AEAS - Spanish Association of Water Supply and Sanitation
Industry association · Spain · EU Transparency Register 494564025477-84
12
positions filed
in the 665 files tracked
11
legislative files
of 665 tracked
10
with a full position paper
attached to a submission
Counts here are a floor, never a total: they cover the 665 consultation files tracked so far (57,774 submissions, mostly 2021–26), so an organization's real filing history is larger, not smaller.
Who they are
Among the 1518 trade and business associations on this site, they rank #308 by legislative files engaged, a count of participation, not a measure of influence.
0.9
declared lobbying FTE
self-declared
€25K+
declared costs / yr (floor)
0
EP accreditations
as declared to the register
2017
in the register since
Declares membership of
- EurEau (European Federation of National Associations of Water Services)
- OECD Water Governance Initiative
- IWA (International Water Association, members of the General Assembly)
- ISO (International Organization for Standardization)
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026).
- Register category
- Trade and business associations
- Registered as
- Asociación Española de Empresas Gestoras de Agua Urbana (DAQUAS)
- Head office
- Madrid, Spain
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 14 Oct 2026); cost bands are floors, not audited totals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU.
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Their record over time
AEAS - Spanish Association of Water Supply and Sanitation filed 12 positions between 7 Sept 2020 and 23 Jun 2026, across 11 of the 665 legislative files tracked here, attaching a full position paper 10 times.
2020 · 2 filed2021 · 2 filed2023 · 1 filed2024 · 1 filed2025 · 3 filed2026 · 3 filed
What they argued
The Spanish Association of Urban Water (DAQUAS) sees the improvement of the public procurement tool as a key enabler for the urban water sector to address the challenges we are currently facing. Urban water operators depend on public procurement for goods and services that are key for ensuring drinking water is provided safely, and wastewater is treated to the highest possible standards.
AEAS welcomes the Proposal for a revised Renewable Energy Directive (RED III) but regrets it doesn’t specifically address the water sector, despite its contribution to the renewable energy targets and climate policies: generation of electricity from hydraulic turbines and from on-site wind mills/solar panels, biogas from sewage sludge, electricity and thermal energy from sewage sludge mono-incineration, heat pumps…
For The Spanish Water Association AGA-AEAS, the future regulatory revisions should ensure that criteria beyond price are genuinely considered and rewarded in procurement processes to maximize value for money. Furthermore, the current legal framework lacks an agile crisis-responsive mechanism especially in cases of sudden significant increases in the prices and market failures that result in shortages of essential…
AEAS welcomes the Proposal for a Directive on energy efficiency (recast) (EED) and supports the role of circular economy and the life cycle approach. Water operators are moving towards energy neutrality, combining high energy efficiency and generation of renewable energy.
The Single Use Plastics Directive (SUPD) is an important instrument to reduce plastic pollution and stimulate the circular economy. The results are partially positive but further strengthening is necessary. DAQUAS calls for further product restrictions because they are often inappropriately disposed of through toilets instead of being discharged together with solid domestic garbage.
For AEAS, the proposal provides greater protection for EU citizens and ecosystems, as well as transparency and governance within the framework of digital transformation and aligning the industry with the European Green Deal.
AEAS (Spanish Association of Water Supply and Sanitation), representing almost all water service providers in Spain, welcomes the IIA on the revision of the UWWTD in order to address new societal and environmental challenges and highlights the need of policy coordination with other directives: WFD, IED, SSD and water reuse regulation, and the role of the UWWTD regarding the European Green Deal.
The Spanish Association of Water Supply and Sanitation (AEAS) expresses its concern regarding the draft act to amend the Nitrates Directive due to its potential impact on water resources, in particular those used for abstraction of water intended for human consumption.
The Spanish experience with the implementation of a Strategic Project for Economic Recovery and Transformation (PERTE) for the Digitalisation of the Water Cycle is one of the most advanced cases in Europe when it comes to digital transformation of the water sector.
For DAQUAS, the exclusion of sludge in EPR has significant impacts for urban water operators, as it represents a loss of valorization opportunities and it may discourage investment in advanced treatments and recovery technologies.
Drinking water and waste water services have an essential mission: ensure the supply of high quality drinking water and effectively treat waste water thus contributing to the protection of human health and the environment. We welcome the opportunity to share our views on the revision of the lists of pollutants affecting surface and ground waters.
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