EUWMA members
EUWMA members are (umbrella)organizations in the EU member states representing organizations based on public law dealing with/responsible for regional water management (flood protection, land drainage, level management, irrigation).
At present, organizations from Belgium, France, Germany, Hungary Italy, the Netherlands, Spain and United Kingdom are members of EUWMA.
Decentralized Water Management in Europe
Tasks and responsibilities
Country |
Number of members |
Stakeholders in board |
Tasks |
Financing |
|
Italy |
160 consorzia (whole country) 15.4 mln. ha |
Owners of real property (land, buildings etc) |
Irrigation Drainage Environmental protection Maintenance |
Fee, based on benefits received |
|
Hungary |
82 (100% of the country) 8 mln. ha |
Farmers Municipalities Cooperatives |
Water quantity Flood defence Irrigation Drainage Maintenance |
Taxation of stakeholders categories; subsidy of Ministry of Agriculture |
|
United Kingdom |
150 (England, Wales) 1.25 mln. ha |
Landowners and tenants Representation of municipalities |
Water quantity Flood defence Land drainage Maintenance |
Local taxes (landowners/tenants) Municipalities (levy) Central government support for major projects |
|
Germany |
1850 (Northern Germany, half of the country) 17.8 mln. ha |
Landowners and tenants Representation of municipalities |
Water quantity Flood protection Maintenance Drinking water Waste water treatment |
Taxation Fee (drinking water, waste water treatment) |
|
Spain |
6200 irrigator communities (100% of the country) 3.2 mln. ha |
Commoners, i.e. landowners |
Dristribution one regulation of granted water Transport and distribution of hydraulic networks Maintenance |
Fee of landowners (compulsory) |
|
France |
67 (Flandre, Charente, Vendée) 7.000 Syndicats de Propriétaires,
|
City, Region, union for marshlands, chamber of agriculture Landowners |
Water quantity Flood defence Maintenance |
Local taxes |
|
Belgium |
104 (Flanders) 308.000 ha 23 (Walloon region) 18.800 ha |
Landowners |
Water quantity Flood defence Drainage Environmental protection Maintenance |
Local taxes Subsidy municipalities and provinces for maintenance Fee of landowners (compulsory) Subsidy government for investment major projects |
|
The Netherlands |
27 (100% of the country) 3.5 mln ha |
Landowners Owners of property Industry (polluters) Inhabitants |
Water quantity Flood defence Water quality (including waste water treatment) Maintenance |
Taxes Fee (polluter pays) Subsidy government building new dykes |
|
Portugal |
21 Irrigation Associations 121.000 ha (70% of the public irrigation) |
Landowners |
Defend and promote the development of the irrigation sector, in specific the irrigation communities Development of the National economy Eficient water and energy use Sustainable Development |
Fee per area beneficiated by irrigation |