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Dear Reader,The website Distributing Drinking Water, Evaluation Criteria and Guidelines has been updated as follows:Rules of procedure of the German Environment Agency for the management of the positive list of metallic materials suitable for use in contact with drinking water including ANNEX 1Rules of procedure of the German Environment Agency for the management of the positive list of starting s... read more

Dear Reader, The website Distributing Drinking Water, Evaluation Criteria and Guidelines, due to the recent publication of the 3rd amendment of the Evaluation criteria for plastics and other organic materials in contact with drinking water (Expert information drinking water and swimming pool water No. 04/2022), has been updated as follows:Textual adaption in section `Elastomers´, `Thermoplast... read more

Dear Reader,The website Distributing Drinking Water, Evaluation Criteria and Guidelines has been updated as follows:Evaluation criteria for plastics and other organic materials in contact with drinking water including 3rd amendment   This document is currently only available in German.  The translation of the document into English is expected in the second quarter of 2022.Amendments... read more

Dear Reader,The website Trinkwasser verteilen, Bewertungsgrundlagen und Leitlinien has been updated by adding version 5 of the FAQ - Fragen und Antworten zur Prüfung und Zertifizierung von Produkten im Kontakt mit Trinkwasser nach Bewertungsgrundlagen und Empfehlung zur Konformitätsbestätigung (Aktualisierung: Februar 2022) | Umweltbundesamt document.Amendments have been made as follows:quest... read more

Dear Reader,The website Distributing Drinking Water, Evaluation Criteria and Guidelines has been updated as follows:The information document Information on the evaluation of starting substances for cementitious materials in contact with drinking water has been revised.Your department for Drinking Water and Swimming Pool Water Hygiene at UBA. read more

Dear Reader,On the website distributing-drinking-water/ approval and harmonization – 4MS initative the following update has been made due to the further inclusion of materials:The following document has been updated in the navigation box „documents“:Common Approach on Metallic Materials - Part B: Positive List of compositionsDepartment for Drinking Water and Pool Water Hygiene read more

Dear Reader,The website Distributing Drinking Water, Evaluation Criteria an Guidelines has been updated as follows:The Evaluation criteria for enamels and ceramic materialshas been updated.Document adaption was necessary due to additions in the Positive list, implementing of a risk-based approach and adaption of the conversion factors for tanks. Also, the document “Consideration of additional... read more

Dear Reader,The website Distributing Drinking Water, Evaluation Criteria an Guidelineshas been updated as follows:The positive list of starting substances for the production of elastomers in contact with drinking water has been updated. Your department for Drinking Water and Swimming Pool Water Hygiene at UBA. read more