RIWA-Rijn on German ZDF
October 2nd, 2024RIWA-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 excerpts from the broadcast here.
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 not meeting agreements made on water quality, as laid down in its own national and European … Continue reading “RIWA-Rijn: licensing of PFAS discharges into the Rhine is not satisfactory”
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 the drinking water supply in the Netherlands and the need for laws and regulations and European … Continue reading “RIWA-Rijn in podcast Deutschlandfunk on drinking water”