… Questions and Answers on Water Reuse Water reuse can help alleviate water shortages. But reclaimed water can contain … see also UBA text 34/2016 (in German).. 3. Where is reclaimed water already being used for irrigation? Water reuse is practised in particular in semi-arid and arid … countries in this regard is Israel, where waste water has been recycled for further uses since the 1950s. About 75-80 percent of waste water is recycled there, meeting …

… protection are facing diverse challenges due to climate change, globalisation, diffuse substance inputs and demographic change. The National Water Strategy aims to ensure the sustainable 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 surface waters is to be ensured in other sectors as well, and the …

… water bodies are listed. last update on 14.04.2023 While being produced, processed, used and disposed of, chemicals can enter groundwater, rivers, lakes and oceans as … treatment can bring about comprehensive protection. The following approaches are useful in the individual subject areas: Pharmaceuticals: For effective control …

… Pesticides Pesticides are the active substances used in plant protection products and biocides. They are toxic in especially to … products and biocides are discharged into rivers and streams primarily via diffuse sources (such as leaching from agricultural land, leaching from house-painting). …

… are occurring in concentrations which are harmful to biota or may limit their use (e.g. consumption of mussels). On account of their persistent properties some chemicals, their production, use and release is subject to international regulation under the Stockholm … and are contained in many products and composite materials made of materials used in coal and petroleum processing. These properties are why several PAHs are …

… The Stockholm Convention  aims to eliminate or restrict the worldwide production, use and release of persistent organic pollutants (POPs). The Convention was … the Federal States on Water Issues (LAWA) - 2018 Bans or limits on the production, use and release of several of these 14 POPs have been in effect in Germany since the … release. PFOS are in the group of per- and polyfluorinated chemicals (PFC) and were used for many years in certain fire-fighting foams and in electroplating. The …

… case studies. This reference framework is essentially qualitative in nature, but uses quantitative data as far as it is already available for the case studies. The … case studies. This reference framework is essentially qualitative in nature, but uses quantitative data as far as it is already available for the case studies. The …