… Questions and Answers on Water Reuse Water reuse can help alleviate water shortages. But … agents in the groundwater under the irrigated areas. 5. What is known about the quality of irrigation water in the EU? The quality of irrigation water in the EU … There are no EU-wide regulations for irrigation water and no record of the qualities of the used irrigation water.  Where water for irrigation is extracted …

… Water Strategy for Germany was adopted by the Federal Cabinet. This strategy and the associated “programme of water measures” lay the foundation for a sustainable management of our water resources and the protection of our water bodies. Water management and water protection are … use of our water resources in 2050 and beyond. In the long term, access to high-quality drinking water is to be maintained, the responsible use of ground and …

… Pesticides Pesticides are the active substances used in plant protection products and biocides. They are toxic in especially to plants (herbicides), insects … or fungi (fungicides). last update on 15.04.2020 Plant protection products and biocides are discharged into rivers and streams primarily via diffuse sources … are used in plant protection agents and biocides complied with the environmental quality standards for the period 2016-2018 at the monitoring sites of the German …

… group of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons exceeds the values of the environmental quality standards for chemicals regulated in the German Ordinance on Surface Waters. last …

… Pollutants (POPs) Persistent organic pollutants are subject to long-range transport and also occur in the environment far from their source. They accumulate in the … regulates 14 of the POPs . The Ordinance on Surface Waters defines environmental quality standards (EQS) for the concentrations of suspended solids/sediment …