FLANDERS WATER
September 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALLBELGIUM'S poor environmental record in disposing of wastewater should be improved in future with the European Investment Bank (EIB) lending a further loan of Euro 75 million to Aquafin, the company managing treatment in the region of Flanders. Part of a 2002 pledge to lend Aquafin Euro 250 million in financing, the money will pay for the construction and upgrading of mains sewers, pumping stations and wastewater treatment facilities throughout Flanders. Aquafin manages 200 wastewater treatment plants and 3,670 kilometres of mains sewers. Belgium ...
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