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 launches Data Dashboard

June 16th, 2025

The RIWA-Rijn Data Dashboard provides online access to the measurement data that RIWA-Rijn reports annually in the Rhine Water Quality Report. These data come from the member drinking water companies, Rijkswaterstaat and its own measurement programme at Lobith. The...

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...