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Dutch Minister to start talks with Germany over PFAS discharges

November 27th, 2024

Dutch Infrastructure and Water Management Minister Barry Madlener will enter into talks with the German government on reducing discharges of PFAS in industrial wastewater in the Rhine. The House of Representatives instructed the minister to do so in a...

‘That PFAS tap must be shut, preferably today rather than tomorrow.’

November 6th, 2024

In an editorial today, Dutch newspaper Trouw is critical of both the governments in Berlin and The Hague when it comes to dealing with PFAS discharges into the Rhine. After earlier reporting on the letter RIWA-Rijn sent to German...

RIWA-Rijn on German ZDF

October 2nd, 2024

RIWA-Rijn received attention from Germany’s ZDF due to a letter from Dutch drinking water companies to Minister Steffi Lemke, urging stricter PFAS discharge regulations in the Rhine, as these chemicals are impacting Dutch water quality. Watch the publication with...