Minimum requirements for water reuse Regulation (EU) 2020/741 on minimum requirements for water reuse It sets out harmonised parameters to guarantee the safety of water reuse in agricultural irrigation, with the aim of encouraging this practice and helping to address droughts and water stress. It also aims to contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, in particular Goal 6 on the availability and sustainable management […]
Drinking water — essential quality standards Directive (EU) 2020/2184 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (recast) It seeks to introduce revised rules to protect human health from the contamination of water intended for human consumption by ensuring that it is ‘wholesome and clean’, It also seeks to introduce hygienic requirements for materials in contact with drinking water, such as pipes, as well […]
Sewage Sludge in Agriculture There is an EU directive seeking to regulate the use of sewage sludge in agriculture in order to prevent its harmful effects. There are maximum values of concentration of heavy metals. Spreading of sewage sludge is banned when the concentration exceeds values. Sewage sludge may be used provided it is regulated. EU directive lays down limit values for concentrations of heavy […]
Pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources Council Directive 91/676/EEC aims to protect waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources through a number of measures incumbant on Member States: monitoring surface waters and groundwater; making an inventory of polluted waters or waters at risk of being polluted; designating vulnerable zones; introducing codes of good agricultural practice and action programmes, and reviewing at least […]
Water Framework Directive The water framework directive is a framework for the protection of: Groundwater Coastal waters Inland surface waters Transitional waters. It has the objective of preventing and reducing pollution, promoting sustainable use, environmental protection, improving ecosystems, and managing floods and droughts. The objective is to meet good, ecological, and chemical status for all community waters by 2015. States must identify all river basins […]