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Water affordability is a concern for low-income households across Europe, and it could become an issue even for middle income households. Household expenditure on water supply and sanitation services remained the lowest compared to the expenditure on other household needs (e.g. food, clothing, housing) between 2005-2019. However, when expenses on these essential needs are compounded, they often take up a very high share of the households’ disposable income. This is the case for middle income households in some eastern (e.g. Latvia, Lithuania) and southern European countries (e.g. Greece), which could make them vulnerable to tariff increases. This is not the case in some western European countries like the Netherlands, France and Ireland.
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Relation of water/sanitation tariffs and income for each country should be added
We perceive this refers to each of the countries mentioned in this key message. Good point as it would illustrate the message better. However, as outcome of this Eionet consultation, we decided to take the affordability part of the indicator out of the scope and might be subject to another seperate potential indicator in the future.