The Alliance of Community-Owned Water Services in Europe: Opportunities and Challenges Based on the Irish Perspective

The foundation of the Alliance of Community-Owned Water Services in Europe (ACOWAS-EU), established during the consultation period for the 2020 recast of the European Drinking Water Directive, has shone a new light on community-owned drinking water supplies (CoDWS). CoDWS are drinking water supplies...

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Autores principales:	Barry Deane, Brian Mac Domhnaill
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	drinking water community-owned drinking water supplies (CoDWS) co-operatives community Hydraulic engineering TC1-978 Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes TD201-500
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5eae8f5639c244669ae5b09b3d637a372021-11-25T19:15:11ZThe Alliance of Community-Owned Water Services in Europe: Opportunities and Challenges Based on the Irish Perspective10.3390/w132231812073-4441https://doaj.org/article/5eae8f5639c244669ae5b09b3d637a372021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-4441/13/22/3181https://doaj.org/toc/2073-4441The foundation of the Alliance of Community-Owned Water Services in Europe (ACOWAS-EU), established during the consultation period for the 2020 recast of the European Drinking Water Directive, has shone a new light on community-owned drinking water supplies (CoDWS). CoDWS are drinking water supplies that are administered, managed, and owned by the local community membership that each supply serves. This paper reviews the presence of CoDWS within the five founding regions of ACOWAS-EU—Austria, Denmark, Finland, Galicia in Spain, and Ireland—and the co-operative model structure that underpins the sector. Although the co-operative structure for CoDWS has been prominent since the mid-20th century (and sometimes even earlier), there is a dearth of research into the sector’s importance and existence in an international context. Through a detailed case study, the Irish CoDWS sector (known in Ireland as the group water scheme sector) is analysed in depth, in terms of both its evolution and the opportunities and challenges it faces today. Areas, such as water quality, biodiversity, education, and community-involvement are discussed in particular, providing key learnings that may also be of benefit to the other CoDWS sectors within ACOWAS-EU and further afield.Barry DeaneBrian Mac DomhnaillMDPI AGarticledrinking watercommunity-owned drinking water supplies (CoDWS)co-operativescommunityHydraulic engineeringTC1-978Water supply for domestic and industrial purposesTD201-500ENWater, Vol 13, Iss 3181, p 3181 (2021)
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spellingShingle	drinking water community-owned drinking water supplies (CoDWS) co-operatives community Hydraulic engineering TC1-978 Water supply for domestic and industrial purposes TD201-500 Barry Deane Brian Mac Domhnaill The Alliance of Community-Owned Water Services in Europe: Opportunities and Challenges Based on the Irish Perspective
description	The foundation of the Alliance of Community-Owned Water Services in Europe (ACOWAS-EU), established during the consultation period for the 2020 recast of the European Drinking Water Directive, has shone a new light on community-owned drinking water supplies (CoDWS). CoDWS are drinking water supplies that are administered, managed, and owned by the local community membership that each supply serves. This paper reviews the presence of CoDWS within the five founding regions of ACOWAS-EU—Austria, Denmark, Finland, Galicia in Spain, and Ireland—and the co-operative model structure that underpins the sector. Although the co-operative structure for CoDWS has been prominent since the mid-20th century (and sometimes even earlier), there is a dearth of research into the sector’s importance and existence in an international context. Through a detailed case study, the Irish CoDWS sector (known in Ireland as the group water scheme sector) is analysed in depth, in terms of both its evolution and the opportunities and challenges it faces today. Areas, such as water quality, biodiversity, education, and community-involvement are discussed in particular, providing key learnings that may also be of benefit to the other CoDWS sectors within ACOWAS-EU and further afield.
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title	The Alliance of Community-Owned Water Services in Europe: Opportunities and Challenges Based on the Irish Perspective
title_short	The Alliance of Community-Owned Water Services in Europe: Opportunities and Challenges Based on the Irish Perspective
title_full	The Alliance of Community-Owned Water Services in Europe: Opportunities and Challenges Based on the Irish Perspective
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title_sort	alliance of community-owned water services in europe: opportunities and challenges based on the irish perspective
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The Alliance of Community-Owned Water Services in Europe: Opportunities and Challenges Based on the Irish Perspective

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