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    The draft of the new Standard EN 13725:2019 has been published in English and German by the Association of German Engineers (VDI). The draft of the “Stationary source emissions - Determination of odour concentration by dynamic olfactometry and odour emission rate from stationary sources” is available in German and English version: prEN 13725:2019

    The Working Group 2 of the Technical Comittee 264 of the European Committee for Standardization (CEN) had the task of reviewing the existing European Standard, which has been developed taking into account 284 working documents and 14 meetings of a group of over 20 people.

   You are probably aware of the activities of the Air Quality and Odor Control Committee of the WEF, or the likes of the Odours and Volatile Emissions of the IWA. These two groups work actively on odour management in the water sector. What you probably don't know is that a new group on Odour Management within the Spanish Association of Wastewater managers has been recently created. The second meeting of this group took place in Marbella, Spain and many interesting topics were discussed.

   This is just a small drop in the ocean of odour management groups existing in this vast world, however it is a very interesting step made in order to call on the public authorities in Spain to take into account the odour vector when designing public works and Waste Water Treatment Plants. The group aims at calculating the cost of odour management in WWTPs and sewage networks in Spain by using a survey similar to the one successfully launched a few years ago by the WEF.