Clean water through natural purification

RIWA strives for a quality of surface water that a natural purification is sufficient to prepare impeccable drinking water.

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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...

RIWA-Rijn: licensing of PFAS discharges into the Rhine is not satisfactory

September 3rd, 2024

Dutch 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, 2024

RIWA-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...