Abstract:
The primary purpose of the paper is to present the
regulatory framework of wastewater treatment and the
cooperation between EU and OECD inside the European
Union Water Initiative. We also perform an empirical
analysis of wastewater treatment determinants in a set of 28
OECD countries, using annual data for the period 2000 to
2017. The panel data analysis reveals that the access to
wastewater treatment services is positively influenced by the
level of revenue per capita and by the R&D expenditure. At
the same time, the energy prices negatively affect the access
to wastewater treatment services. The EU membership has no
significant impact on the services access rate.
