German small wastewater treatment plants

Prospects in Europe from a supplier‘s point of view –

Because of the keen competition here in Germany, many suppliers of small wastewater treatment plants are heading to the other European countries. They mostly hope to escape from the German competitive pressure in this way. The European standard EN 12566 has them believe that it is now possible to supply small wastewater treatment plants across Europe according to the same pattern. However, it isn‘t that easy. There are suppliers of small wastewater treatment plants outside Germany too. The markets outside Germany are also apportioned. But how can a German supplier be successful abroad?

The...

Related articles:

Issue 02/2014 Day 3: Donnerstag, 20th February 2014

Small wastewater treatment systems

203 The work for the European Standard for small wastewater treatment plants EN 12566 – a never ending but always actual story Die Arbeit an der Europäischen Kleinkläranlagennorm EN 12566 – Eine...

more
Issue 02/2015 Actual developments

Standards for small wastewater treatment plants

German and European standards are well established technical standards and they reflect the state of the art. Standards are a good instrument to manufacture comparable products and to distribute them...

more
Issue 02/2014 Consequences of the Production Products Regulation

Water-endangering substances and small wastewater treatment plants –

On 24 April 2011, the new Construction Products Regulation (CPR) came into force and, on 1 July 2013, replaced the previously valid Construction Products Directive in its entirety. The requirements...

more
Issue 05-2022/2022

“CleanWater” project: Safe wastewater treatment in emerging countries

Within the „CleanWater“ Indo-German project, researchers of the Institute of Textile Technology (ITA) at RWTH Aachen University (Aachen), the Department of Civil Engineering of the Indian Institute...

more
Issue 02/2015 Effects of professional maintenance

Effluent quality of small wastewater treatment plants

Small wastewater treatment plants have developed rapidly over the last few years. Not only the wide range of different systems, but also the distinctive features of the manufacturers increasingly lead...

more