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SUMMARY:From principle to payer: the EU's "polluter-pays 2.0" revolution 
 in water and infrastructure
DESCRIPTION:The ‘polluter pays principle’ is no longer just a theoretical
  concept\; it has become a strict financial liability. With the recent a
 doption of the Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (UWWTD)\, the EU has
  introduced a mandatory Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) scheme. T
 his groundbreaking regulation shifts the cost of water treatment from ta
 xpayers to specific industries\, requiring pharmaceutical and cosmetic p
 roducers to cover at least 80 per cent of the costs for micro-pollutant 
 removal. This panel explores how this regulatory shockwave redefines inf
 rastructure funding\, corporate liability and investment models in a res
 ource-constrained world.\n
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