Pursuant to the 2nd amendment of the German Drinking Water Ordinance (TrinkwV), since December 2012 the German Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt – UBA ) has been tasked with stipulating mandatory evaluation criteria for materials and substances that come into contact with drinking water. Previously, UBA has issued guidelines and recommendations which were less legally binding. Since the amendmen... read more
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WHO Collaborating Centre for Research on Drinking-water Hygiene
All over the world, national public authorities and research institutes support the work of the World Health Organization (WHO). The German Environment Agency is a WHO Collaborating Centre for research on drinking-water hygiene. read more
