Special Report No 09/2010: Is EU Structural Measures spending on the supply of water for domestic consumption used to best effect?

Abstract:

The Court’s audit focused on domestic water supply infrastructures co-financed under the EU Structural Measures during the 2000–2006 programme period in Spain, Greece, Portugal and Italy, the main recipients of EU funding in this area.

These infrastructures aim at increasing the availability of water, improving the quality of the water distributed and the efficiency of the supply systems.

The objective of the audit was to assess whether the most appropriate solutions were adopted, the co-financed projects were successful and the objectives have been achieved at the lowest cost to the EU budget.