Financing Water Supply, Sanitation and Flood Protection

Annex D. Projections by EurEau on costs of compliance with DWD and UWWTD

EurEau (2018) estimates investment needs to reach compliance for a number of utilities in member states, looking forward for ten years. These are set out in the Table below. They include investments for other purposes as well.

Table  A D.1. Investment needs in water infrastructure reported by member states

For the next 10 years unless otherwise stated – in EUROs

	DWD	UWWTD	Asset renewal	Other
Austria (i)	222m p.a. (for next 5 years)	436m p.a. (for 5 years)
Cyprus (ii)	275.15m total	73.45m	121.10m for new challenges1 0.2m in agri pollution, energy production 13m for operation/process optimisation
Denmark (iii)	1bn (includes asset renewal)	4bn (includes asset renewal)		Drinking Water: 1.2bn1 Wastewater: 5.5bn1
Finland			320m p.a.2
France	3.5bn p.a.		DW: 3 – 5.4bn p.a. WW: 2.5 – 4.5bn p.a. Drainage 400 – 700m p.a.	DW: 5m p.a.1 WW: 1-2bn p.a.1
Germany				Total 75bn over 10 years
Hungary			4.7bn	239m for smart metering
Ireland	4.1bn	3.32bn	835m1	118m for operation/process optimisation
Italy	20bn		25bn	10bn1 3bn other sectors 7bn operation/process optimisation
Norway	2.2bn		7.5bn	2.3bn1 5bn other sectors 10% of total (1.9bn) for operation/process optimisation
Poland		2003-15 WWTP: 2bn Sewers: 10.3bn 2016-21 WWTP: 2.3bn Sewers: 4.67bn	8.4bn
Romania	6.68bn	10.38bn
Spain (ii)	24.56bn3		18.63bn4	2.85bn1,5 9.13bn other sectors (agriculture) 4.07bn operation/process optimisation6
Sweden	10bn (includes operation/process optimisation)		8bn	1bn1
The Netherlands	5.6bn		Water: 1.9bn Other: 3.3bn	1.8bn1 0.4bn other sectors 1.3bn operation/process optimisation

Note: (i) Flood protection is not included; €40m p.a. projected for ecological measures. (ii) includes flood protection. (iii) unclear if flooding is included.

1 includes micropollutants, climate change and security

2 currently Finland spends some €120bn p.a. repairing, renewing and replacing water and wastewater assets

3 €5.33bn of this has already been invested in water supply (60%) and sanitation (40%)

4 existing asset value €2000/ person assuming a useful life of 50 years, requiring investment rates of €40/person p.a.

5 water reuse costs €1.4bn; CSO costs €1.45bn

6 assuming 10% of the costs of programme of measures (€3.48bn) plus a further 10% from other national figures (€590m)

Source: EurEau (2018).

Table  A D.2. Expenditure needs to renew existing infrastructure reported by member states

For the next 10 years unless otherwise stated – in EUROs

Country	Reinvestment in aged infrastructure (EUR billon)	Total (reinvestment) EUR/cap/yr	Asset renewal as % of investment in compliance	Notes
Austria	2.18	49.70	196	5 year period (total investment was without flooding)
Cyprus	0.073	8.59	30
Finland	3.2	58.15
France	30-50	123.09	95 - 158	DWD
	25-45		79 - 142	UWWTD
	4 - 7		1 - 1.8	Urban drainage
Germany		22.64
Hungary	4.7	48.03
Ireland	3.32	69.51	90
Italy	25	41.26	139
Norway	7.5	142.63	379
Poland	8.4	22.09	134
Romania		35.08		Assume sum of 'investment values for water supply 2014 -2020' and 'investment values for wastewater collection and treatment 2014 -2020'
Spain	18.63	40.04	82	total included 8% for flooding
Sweden	8	80.04	89	total included costs for operation and optimisation
The Netherlands	1.9	30.44	38	DWD
	3.3		65	UWWTD
Average			114

Source: EurEau 2017, 2018.