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P R E S S R E L E A S E
The European Water Association is cele-
brating its 30 th Years Anniversary
Press release 02/2011 of June 2011
Hennef 22 nd June 2011
The European Water Association is pleased to an-
nounce that the 22 nd June 2011 marked 30 years of es-
tablishment of the Association. Created under the
name European Water Pollution Control Association
(EWPCA) in 1981, today the association represents 26
national professional member associations in Europe,
as well as 20 corporate organisations.
The cooperation between European organisations is dated even before
1981 when in 1969 a small number of national organisations estab-
lished the first “Europäisches Abwasser Symposium” (EAS) (Europe-
an Wastewater Symposium) in association with Messe München
GmbH at the international Trade Fair IFAT. IFAT ENTSORGA is
now the world’s biggest international trade fair for water and envi-
ronment.
The importance of the successfully organised triennial (now biannual)
Symposium was increasing and in 1972 even more European Coun-
tries joined the international cooperation.
Following those events in June 1981 the European Water Pollution
Control Association was founded by the first Management Committee:
Hein Ehrhardt (NL), Pierre Fouquet (FR), Geoffrey Truesdale (UK),
For the contents responsible are: EWA-General Secretary Bauass.
Dipl.-Ing. Johannes Lohaus * Press office: Boryana Dimitrova, M. Sc.
* EWA – European Water Association e. V. * Theodor-Heuss-Allee
17 * 53773 Hennef, Deutschland * Tel (02242) 872-110 * Fax (02242)
872-135 * Internet: www.EWA-online.eu

Ernst Kunze (DE), Heinz Plümer (DE), Beril Hawerman (SE). The
special relation between the Association and Messe München and
IFAT is vivid even today. Later during that year the first business
meeting of the EWPCA took place in Stockholm at a very exciting
political time.
The founding fathers in the first Management Committee:
(from left to right) Ehrhardt (NL), Fouquet (FR), Truesdale (UK),
Kunze (DE), Plümer (DE), Hawerman (SE)
From its establishment, the Association contributed very positively to
the development of the European policy process on variety of topics
such as sewage sludge, urban wastewater treatment, bathing water
quality, and recently flood risk management, climate change, research
and many more. Nowadays, the EWA is one of the few pan-European
NGOs officially involved in the implementation process of the Water
Framework Directive.
Due to its growing scope and membership, in 1999 the European Wa-
ter Pollution Control Association became the European Water Associ-
ation (EWA) as it is known today – representing major professional
water associations in Europe and promoting the sustainable and im-
For the contents responsible are: EWA-General Secretary Bauass.
Dipl.-Ing. Johannes Lohaus * Press office: Boryana Dimitrova, M. Sc.
* EWA – European Water Association e. V. * Theodor-Heuss-Allee
17 * 53773 Hennef, Deutschland * Tel (02242) 872-110 * Fax (02242)
872-135 * Internet: www.EWA-online.eu

proved management of the total water cycle and the environment as a
whole.
Among the activities of the Association are the organisation of the
Annual Brussels Conference that is taking place for the 7 th year in
Brussels and the organisation of the International Water and
Wastewater Symposium during the international trade fair of IFAT.
The Association awards, on the occasion of every IFAT, the William
Dunbar Medal for services to sewage treatment technology – one of
the foremost awards for water professionals in the world.
Together with its members the EWA will celebrate the 30 years Anni-
versary on the eve of the 7 th Brussels Conference on “Effective Urban
Waste Water Treatment” on 24 th of October 2011 in Brussels. On the
next day the one-day conference will address different aspects of the
current situation, after 20 years of the Directive 91/271/EEC concern-
ing urban waste water treatment.
It is essential for the future of the EWA to continue this exciting work
in cooperation with many European and International organisations,
based on the activities of the Committees, working groups and panels.
For the contents responsible are: EWA-General Secretary Bauass.
Dipl.-Ing. Johannes Lohaus * Press office: Boryana Dimitrova, M. Sc.
* EWA – European Water Association e. V. * Theodor-Heuss-Allee
17 * 53773 Hennef, Deutschland * Tel (02242) 872-110 * Fax (02242)
872-135 * Internet: www.EWA-online.eu

EWA
The European Water Association (EWA) is an independent non-
governmental and non-profit making organisation promoting the sus-
tainable and improved management of the total water cycle and hence
the environment as a whole.
It is one of the major professional associations in Europe that covers
the whole water cycle, as well as wastewater and drinking water, water
and wastewater treatment related wastes. With member associations
from many European countries, EWA includes most of the current
European Union Member States as well as Norway and Switzerland.
Today, EWA consists of 26 European leading professional organisa-
tions in their respective countries, each representing professionals and
technicians for wastewater and water utilities, academics, technology
providers, consultants and contractors, local authorities and regulators.
The Association also has a growing number of corporate members:
firms and enterprises, institutes or associations. EWA thus represents
about 50,000 professional individuals and specialists working in the
broad field of water and environmental management.
This press information is also available under:
www.EWA-online.eu
For the contents responsible are: EWA-General Secretary Bauass.
Dipl.-Ing. Johannes Lohaus * Press office: Boryana Dimitrova, M. Sc.
* EWA – European Water Association e. V. * Theodor-Heuss-Allee
17 * 53773 Hennef, Deutschland * Tel (02242) 872-110 * Fax (02242)
872-135 * Internet: www.EWA-online.eu