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WELCOME Mike Pickavance Chairman

GENERAL ASSEMBLY EWTA held jointly with the WQA International Section Meetings at Aquatech on 1st November 2011. WELCOME Mike Pickavance Chairman. Launched at Aquatech 2008

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WELCOME Mike Pickavance Chairman

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  1. GENERAL ASSEMBLY EWTAheld jointly with the WQA International Section Meetingsat Aquatech on 1st November 2011 WELCOME Mike Pickavance Chairman

  2. Launched at Aquatech 2008 EWTA is an association representing the residential, commercial and industrial water treatment industry in the European Union Registered in Brussels

  3. Purpose and mission • Exclusively residential, commercial and industrial Point of Use/Point of Entry representation • To ensure industry control of the agenda and progress • Broad Structured Membership • To ensure dedicated focus to the common interest of the membership • Proactive in setting and driving the agenda • Agenda to focus heavily on benefits and opportunities • To ensure increased acceptance, recognition and demand for POU/POI technology by the consumer and regulatory/supply authorities • Committed to raising the profile of our industry • Influential at European authoritative level

  4. STRUCTURE OF THE EWTA • Divided into market sector groups: • Softeners • Drinking Water Filters • Chemical Treatment • Physical Treatment • Private Water Supplies

  5. Operation • Each sector to establish and run its own agenda • Each sector managed by a member of the EWTA Board of Directors • EWTA Board of Directors oversee sector activities to ensure harmony and cooperation on issues of mutual interest • The objective is to ensure each market sector can benefit equally from the influence and resources of the EWTA

  6. Director appointments • Chairman: Mike Pickavance • Treasurer: Frederik Dejaeghere • Secretary: Sharon Brightman/Isolde Delanghe • Softeners: Luc Chantraine • Physical water conditions: Carl Jasper • Chemical: no director yet • Drinking water products/filters: Michael Talarmain • Private water suppliers: no director yet • Associations: Isabelle Vio

  7. Membership

  8. ACTIONS • Articles of Association • Registration in Brussels • Inaugural meeting on 6th November 2008 • Meetings • Regular Board meetings conference calls every 3 to 4 months • General assembly meetings annually • Finances • Brochure • Code of Ethics

  9. ACTIVITIES EU Standards and Regulations TC164 WG13 Construction products, drinking water Italian Decree 443 revision Spanish Standard PNE 149101 WHO – Hardness in Drinking Water Mineracqua publicity in Italy Eczema and softened water Training and certification

  10. WEBSITE

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