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  • Article from 21.02.2023 | Last changed: 21.02.2023

    Environmental management at UBA

    EMAS logo on the face of the UBA office building in Dessau-Roßlau

    … according to the most stringent requirements worldwide under the EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS). In the meantime 14 UBA sites – including all air quality … protection. These principles are translated into verifiable objectives and measures with which UBA aims to achieve them. Our guidelines for environmentally … is to be 'zero emissions' during operation We have taken an important step towards more environmentally friendly travel with regard to emissions from business travel. …

  • Article from 20.11.2025 | Last changed: 24.11.2025

    Evaluation Criteria and Guidelines

    … Evaluation Criteria and Guidelines last update on 20.11.2025 Introduction Pursuant … Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt – UBA ) has been tasked with stipulating mandatory evaluation criteria for materials and substances that come into contact … The German Environment Agency voluntarily offers as additional service to evaluate more starting substances not covered by DVGW-standard W 347. Evaluated starting …

  • Article from 05.03.2025 | Last changed: 05.03.2025

    Distributing drinking water

    … Ordinance all the way to the tap. Its distribution via the water company’s mains and the drinking water systems of individual buildings brings it into contact with a … However, lead dissolves in water in concentrations which bear a risk to health and is therefore not suitable as a material for drinking water installations. It should be replaced completely as soon as possible by more appropriate materials. Already since 1 December 2013 a new limit value of …

  • Article from 19.07.2024 | Last changed: 19.07.2024

    Questions and Answers on Water Reuse

    … Questions and Answers on Water Reuse Water reuse can help alleviate water shortages. But reclaimed water can contain pathogens and pollutants. Questions and answers on the proposal for a regulation submitted by … between various suitability classes in accordance with the intended application. … Questions and Answers on Water Reuse …

  • Article from 14.04.2023 | Last changed: 16.08.2023

    Micropollutants in Water Bodies

    … Micropollutants in Water Bodies Residues of pharmaceuticals, pesticides, biocides and other chemicals can have effects on the environment and human health even in low concentrations. These micropollutants are increasingly … substances of medicinal products that have been on the market for a long time. Moreover, research into environmentally compatible active substances needs to be …

  • Article from 08.12.2020 | Last changed: 11.12.2020

    Environmental Compliance Assurance

    A red barrel lies in a river and is examined by a person in a green protective suit.

    … body of legislation, e.g. the implementation of immission control law, water law and nature conservation law. A number of laws, however, are enforced by the Federal Government. The laws and ordinances which the German Environment Agency implements are listed here … In addition to adequate staffing and technical equipment, the participants favoured more opportunities for exchange and improved cooperation with other authorities as …

  • Article from 22.04.2020 | Last changed: 22.04.2020

    Chemicals

    … polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons exceeds the values of the environmental quality standards for chemicals regulated in the German Ordinance on Surface Waters. last … charges, erosion or air. Exceedances of the environmental quality standard (EQS) indicate that chemicals are occurring in concentrations which are … is subject to international regulation under the Stockholm Convention. For a more detailed assessment of these substances see Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) …