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Grundfos Holding A/S

Grundfos

We pioneer solutions to the world’s water and climate challenges and improve quality of life for people.

Lobbying Activity

Meeting with Gaelle Marion (Head of Unit Agriculture and Rural Development) and SUEZ Group and

19 Feb 2025 · Water Resilience Strategy and Agriculture

Meeting with Thomas Bajada (Member of the European Parliament, Rapporteur) and ECOLAB and

5 Feb 2025 · Meeting on Water Resilience Strategy

Meeting with Stine Bosse (Member of the European Parliament)

4 Feb 2025 · European water policy

Meeting with Niels Flemming Hansen (Member of the European Parliament)

28 Oct 2024 · Event on European competitiveness

Meeting with Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Member of the European Parliament) and Ørsted A/S and

25 Oct 2024 · Speaker at network meeting with Danish companies on EU competitiveness

Meeting with Niels Flemming Hansen (Member of the European Parliament)

26 Sept 2024 · Industry policy

Meeting with Kira Marie Peter-Hansen (Member of the European Parliament)

9 Jul 2024 · Water and industrial policy in light of the Green Deal

Meeting with Pernille Weiss-Ehler (Member of the European Parliament) and Danfoss A/S and Aarhus University

17 May 2024 · WMM KIC

Meeting with Pernille Weiss-Ehler (Member of the European Parliament) and Central Denmark EU Office and Aarhus University

19 Mar 2024 · WMM KIC

Meeting with Niels Fuglsang (Member of the European Parliament) and Danfoss A/S

6 Nov 2023 · Energieffektivisering

Meeting with Ditte Juul-Joergensen (Director-General Energy) and Ørsted A/S and

6 Oct 2023 · Energy Transition

Meeting with Margrete Auken (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and SUEZ Group and

7 Feb 2023 · Recast of the UWWTD

Meeting with Deirdre Clune (Member of the European Parliament, Shadow rapporteur) and Veolia Environnement and

7 Feb 2023 · Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive

Meeting with Arunas Ribokas (Cabinet of Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius) and SUEZ Group and

5 Jul 2022 · To discuss the review of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive

Meeting with Lukas Visek (Cabinet of Executive Vice-President Frans Timmermans) and SUEZ Group and

5 Jul 2022 · Urban wastewater treatment (Zero Pollution)

Response to Sustainable Products Initiative

16 Nov 2020

Please find attached input from Grundfos Holding
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Response to EU Action Plan Towards a Zero Pollution Ambition for air, water and soil

29 Oct 2020

Please find attached uploaded position paper from Grundfos
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Response to Revision of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive

7 Sept 2020

Grundfos input to the inception impact assessment and the road-map to revise the EU Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive. Grundfos welcomes the European Commission’s road-map to revise the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive. The UWWTD has significantly improved the waste water treatment in Europe since it's adoption. The legislation is however close to 30 years old and technology innovation of new cost effective solutions has evolved considerably beyond the scope of this directive. Since the adoption of the directive water, energy and climate agendas are more affiliated than ever and new intelligent solutions will be able to secure a water smart sector delivering on the SDG 6, the European Green Deal, the EU circular economy agenda, the overall implementation of the water framework directive and finally the biodiversity 2030 strategy. EU has internationally committed to ensure the human right to sanitation. This is also a fundamental principle in SDG 6. The EU though still miss to transpose this human right into it's legislation which should be done as a part of a revised UWWTD. If the new legislation is directed towards a more water smart society based on digital water solutions it could deliver acute stimuli specifically in the EU countries hit the most by the COVID 19 pandemic and secure long term recovery for the EU society as such. The 8th implementation report from the Commission highlights that wastewater management in the EU represents more than 600,000 jobs, an annual production value of more than €100 billion and an annual added value of about €42 billion. To bring EU member states in compliance with existing legislation there is an investment need for 253 billion. Grundfos has these specific recommendations and input to the further process: Climate adaptation: The revision should directly response to the needed climate adaptation and zero pollution strategy in order to secure the good quality of the EU waters and the natural environment. Specifically the increased amount of storm-water overflows from combined sewer systems and infiltration of water into the sewers from flooded surroundings should be addressed. Mapping, monitoring and transparency is key. Banning runoff from combined sewers systems to surface water in sensitive areas should be further envisaged. CO2-neutrality in the water sector: The revision should unlock the full potential for energy improvements and energy efficiency in order to transform the water sector into complete CO2 neutrality. A new directive should set up energy efficiency audits and requirements for further data collection to create more awareness and transparency. Monitoring and digitization: Spur the digital transformation of the waste water sector and create a water smart society through more intelligent use of data, transparency, peer learning and best practice among member states. Continuous monitoring requirements would create real time data collection so immediate responses to overflows from combined sewers systems could be mitigated. The rising H2S problems in the EU water networks are not considered in either the evaluation or the inception impact assessment. With climate change and the ongoing consolidation of the EU water sector H2S becomes a more immanent challenge. H2S courses corrosion, security risk and undesirable odor. It would be useful to envisage the possibility to set up guidelines, asset management standards and total cost of ownership practices as a part of a new directive. Finally, we would like to see water reuse included in the a further revision to encourage further reuse and the intelligent division of labor between central and decentralized water treatment.
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Response to Evaluation of the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive 91/271/EEC (UWWTD)

9 Nov 2017

Introduction The Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (“UWWTD”) has overall been very successful in significantly improving the scale and quality of waste water treatment in Europe. UWWTD therefore serves as an international reference case in the global effort to increase waste water treatment coverage – exemplified by the UN Sustainable Development Goal indicator 6.3.1. However, since the UWWTD was adopted 25+ years ago, several developments have presented both challenges and opportunities in relation to waste water. In terms of challenges, climate change brings numerous, including extreme rain falls creating overflow, water resources becoming scarce, and the need to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions. Furthermore, the rise of new pollutants challenges the adequateness of existing treatment steps. However, in terms of opportunities, the technological development provides scalable solutions that can help overcome the challenges. Grundfos Holding A/S (“Grundfos”) therefore strongly welcomes the European Commission’s initiative to evaluate the UWWTD, and we appreciate the opportunity to engage in the process. Synergies with other objectives Grundfos sees ample synergies between the UWWTD and other key objectives for the European Union, which an evaluation could meaningfully explore further. These include, but is not necessarily limited to, the following. - Circular Economy. As already described by the European Commission in the “EU Action Plan for the Circular Economy”, water is an important element in the circular economy. The imminent and growing challenge of water stress, already affecting at least 11% of the European population and 17% of EU territory , significantly increase the need to reuse water, including from treated waste water. - Clean Energy. In “Clean Energy for all Europeans”, the European Commission has adopted the Efficiency First Principle highlighting the need to reduce final energy consumption in order to achieve the ambition to secure a clean, independent and globally leading energy market in Europe. Already proven technology (exemplified by the EU-supported project PowerStep ) has demonstrated significant potential in reducing the energy consumption related to waste water treatment, which today represents about 1 pct. of the EU electricity demand . - Growth and jobs. The waste water management sector already represents more than 600,000 jobs , and as the interest from key export markets like India (India-EU Water Partnership) and China (China-EU Water Platform) indicates the export potential is significant. By showcasing how waste water can move from being a burden to becoming an asset, the UWWTD can support significant export potential for the European water sector. Recommendations Based on the potential synergies described above and experience with the implementation of the UWWTD, Grundfos recommends that three elements are included in the evaluation; further described below. - Net energy consumption. The significant energy consumption in waste water treatment and the potential to reduce it significantly raises the need to evaluate how the UWWTD can contribute to reduce energy consumption and reduce the energy bills of utilities. - Re-use. There are great opportunities to re-use treated waste water for different secondary purposes (cooling, landscaping, boiler feed water, irrigation etc.). Given the significant water consumption of the industrial sector, the evaluation should assess how the UWWTD can promote water re-use for other purposes than irrigation and aquifer recharge, which is the current focus in the “EU Action Plan for the Circular Economy”. - Quality standards. The rise of new types of pollutants raise the question of whether the list of pollutants and the related value limits still reflect current environment and health risks. The evaluation should therefore assess whether updates are needed.
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Response to Revision of the Drinking Water Directive

22 Mar 2017

Grundfos Holding A/S appreciates the chance to provide input to the revision of the Drinking Water Directive. Information and recommendations in relation to the four policy options are described in the attached document, and the short version is the following. 1. We suggest a two-layered approach to the list of parameters. The first level is broad parameters designed to catch contamination when they occur meaning continued monitoring but only for a few parameters. The second level is the specific parameters as they are defined today – potentially with a few adjustments. 2. Following the suggested two-layered approach to parameters will be a significant step in the right direction, but it is still relevant to test the drinking water – and more so, if the risk of contamination is increased. Therefore, we suggest to increase the mandated sample frequency if certain factors suggest increased risk of contamination. A key risk indicator is water loss. 3. Grundfos suggests that article 10 in the DWD is adjusted to set a common European standard for materials and products in contact with drinking water. Some key factors are important to take into account. 4. Grundfos suggest that an article is added to the DWD, which mandates providing real-time and easily understandable indicators of the drinking water quality building on the few, key parameters as described in the two-layered approach to parameters.
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