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RIWA-Rijn: licensing of PFAS discharges into the Rhine is not satisfactory
September 3rd, 2024Dutch water companies that rely on water from the Rhine to make drinking water have sent a letter to German minister Lemke asking for limits to be placed on PFAS discharges into the Rhine. With these discharges, Germany is...
RIWA-Rijn in podcast Deutschlandfunk on drinking water
July 12th, 2024RIWA-Rijn recently collaborated on a six-part podcast series by Deutschlandfunk on drinking water. In the episode on pollution of the Rhine with PFAS in particular, director Gerard Stroomberg speaks at length. On the importance of clean Rhine water for...
Research: better water quality protection needed
June 19th, 2024The Environment and Transport Inspectorate (ILT) of the Netherlands has published a signal report stating that better protection of water quality is needed. It argues that licensing, monitoring and enforcement have too little grip on emissions of problem substances,...