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  • Article from 04.08.2015 | Last changed: 17.11.2025

    Soil protection law

    paragraphs

    … in this context. The legal regulations regarding waste contain guidelines for the environmentally sound recycling and disposal of waste. Nature conservation law The …

  • Article from 20.11.2025 | Last changed: 24.11.2025

    Evaluation Criteria and Guidelines

    … of conformity of product hygiene suitability for drinking water The German Environmental Agency is mandated to publish evaluation criteria documents for … of conformity of product hygiene suitability for drinking water The German Environmental Agency is mandated to publish evaluation criteria documents for …

  • Article from 05.03.2025 | Last changed: 05.03.2025

    Distributing drinking water

    … Related publications Urease- and nitrification inhibitors for climate and environmental protection: opportunity or risk? Contaminants in water resources: … to OECD TG 309 Literature review and assessment of available toxicological data for PFAS REACH: Guidance and Methods for the Identification and Assessment of …

  • Article from 27.03.2023 | Last changed: 27.03.2023

    National Water Strategy

    … water, energy and substance cycles Strengthen efficient administrations, improve data flows, optimise legal frameworks and secure financing Intensify protection of … water, energy and substance cycles Strengthen efficient administrations, improve data flows, optimise legal frameworks and secure financing Intensify protection of …

  • Article from 14.04.2023 | Last changed: 16.08.2023

    Micropollutants in Water Bodies

    … control during authorisation, the manufacturing companies must disclose all environmental data for micropollutant evaluation. This also applies to active substances of medicinal products that have been on the market for a long time. Moreover, research into environmentally compatible active substances needs to be increased as …

  • Article from 15.04.2020 | Last changed: 15.04.2020

    Pesticides

    … Ordinance which are used in plant protection agents and biocides complied with the environmental quality standards for the period 2016-2018 at the monitoring sites of … Federal Government (LAWA ). For a further 11 substances a check for compliance with environmental quality standards is not always possible since the limit of quantification is higher than the environmental quality standards  . The following substances showed exceedences of …

  • Article from 09.10.2025 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Geoengineering-Governance

    atmosphere of the Earth

    … the assumption that humans are in a position to understand and control global environmental processes; secondly, the assumption that geoengineering can replace … measures can have global impact, global regulation is necessary. Even field research activities can have a negative effect, for example as a result of … tests in the atmosphere. No geoengineering measures have been taken up to now, but researchers have been exploring theoretical approaches such as modelling or …

  • Article from 22.04.2020 | Last changed: 22.04.2020

    Chemicals

    … Chemicals The group of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons exceeds the values of the environmental quality standards for chemicals regulated in the German Ordinance on … period 2016-2018. Concentrations of fluoranthene und benzo[a]pyrene are assessed based on their concentration in mussels (biota EQS) as well as their concentrations … polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) Source: Federal Environment Agency based on data supplied by LAWA - 2018 Download image (441.42 kB) …

  • Article from 22.05.2019 | Last changed: 28.05.2019

    Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)

    … Waters also regulates 14 of the POPs . The Ordinance on Surface Waters defines environmental quality standards (EQS) for the concentrations of suspended … converted into annual average EQS for total water. However, assessment must occur based mainly on measurements in biota, and for PCBs, on measurements in the … Mean concentrations of POP in 2014-2016 Source: German Environment Agency based on data supplied by LAWA - 2018 Exceedances for total hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCH), …

  • Article from 24.06.2020 | Last changed: 25.06.2020

    RESCUE – Resource-Efficient Pathways to Greenhouse-Gas-Neutrality

    picture symbolizing the interdependencies between greenhouse gas emissions and raw material use

    … consumption. Once used, they cannot be recovered.  However, in an energy system based on renewables most raw materials required remain in the anthropogenic stock … transition of the energy sector effects other parts of the economy, and vice versa. Research questions Against this background, a set of research questions has been … material consumption. Current trends as well as smaller niche tendencies for a more environmentally friendly behavior (e.g., increasing car- and ride-sharing) are …

  • Article from 17.06.2025 | Last changed: 10.10.2025

    Switchgear

    Illustration of a typical gas-insulated switchgear

    … In future, recovery will therefore be of great importance not only from an environmental but also from an operator's point of view. Project on the recovery of SF 6 from electrical equipment In the research project "Practical recovery factors for UNFCCC F-gas inventories" (duration … In future, recovery will therefore be of great importance not only from an environmental but also from an operator's point of view. Project on the recovery of …

  • Article from 29.12.2022 | Last changed: 02.01.2023

    Identifying and managing flood risks

    Comprehensive and river basin-wide management is needed to deal with floods.

    … by flooding. This differentiation of floods according to certain annualities is based on statistical evaluations of a river discharges observed over many decades …