Author: Margarete Remmert-Rieper
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16th BioDetectors Conference on 25–26 June 2026
Stockholm, 25-26 June 2026 The conference organised by SafeCREW project partner BDS – BioDetection Systems will gather industry experts, regulatory authorities and scientists to explore the latest advances in environmental risk assessment and chemical management. A special focus lies on non-animal and effect-based methods (NAM/EBM) for chemicals (e.g. PFAS), pharmaceuticals, plastics (e.g. EDCs), cosmetics and…
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9th Late Summer Workshop on Water resources under stress of climate change
SafeCREW researcher Maolida Nihemaiti (UFZ) participated in the 9th Late Summer Workshop on 21-24 September 2025 at the waterworks Langenau. The workshop was organized by the German Society for Water Chemistry and focused on “Water Resources under the Stress of Climate Change.” It offered a platform for about 50 early-career researchers to discuss the impacts…
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New Policy Brief: Major Outcomes on Disinfection and Disinfection By-Products and Solutions
SafeCREW has just released its second Policy Brief. Our second policy brief summarizes the SafeCREW outcomes on disinfection and disinfection by-products. It recommends precautionary attention on emerging DBPs and new treatment and risk assessment approaches to guide drinking water management amid climate change. SafeCREW outcomes If you want to dive deeper into the background of…
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Strengthening Europe’s Water Resilience: SafeCREW attended the ZP4W Event
On 4 December 2025, approximately 150 participants attended the ZeroPollution4Water Cluster event held in conjunction with the Water Knowledge Europe Winter Edition 2025 in Brussels. The event highlighted the achievements of the Cluster’s first two years and explored future opportunities for collaboration. Several SafeCREW partners, who are actively involved in the ZeroPollution4Water Cluster, seized the…
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SafeCREW Final Conference on 26 March 2026 in Brussels: register now!
On 26 March 2026, SafeCREW will hold its Final Conference in Brussels. The conference aims to engage experts from water utilities, policy makers, technology providers and research in the exchange about SafeCREW achievements on advanced knowledge, new tools and guidelines for disinfected and non-disinfected drinking water supply systems. Date: 26 March 2026, 8:30 – 15:45…
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29th Drinking Water Colloquium of the DVGW Research Centre TUHH on 12 February 2026
The DVGW Research Centre at TUHH invites you to the 29th Drinking Water Colloquium. The conference will take place at Hamburg University of Technology, Germany, on Thursday, 12 February 2026. Registration is now open and the programme available. Current developments and challenges in German and European water supply will be presented and discussed. SafeCREW will…
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Policy Brief: Advancing NAM/EBM for the Assessment of Disinfection By-Products and Complex Chemical Mixtures in Drinking Water
We are pleased to announce the publication of the new Policy Brief by SafeCREW, calling for the advancement of non-animal-based and effect-based monitoring (NAM/EBM) for the holistic toxicity assessment of chemical mixtures in water. While most current (eco)toxicological assessments still rely on animal-based, single-substance testing, which are costly, slow, and misaligned with sustainability goals, societal…
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ZeroPollution4Water Cluster Event – Towards a Water Pollution-Free Europe
SafeCREW will be part of the ZP4WC event of 4 December 2025 in Brussels during Water Knowledge Europe 2025 Winter Edition. This event marks a key milestone for the cluster. It will serve to welcome and onboard eight new projects, revisit the structure and leadership of the Working Groups, and define a common roadmap for…
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Today live at Drinking Water Quality Europe 2025: Key note speaker from SafeCREW
From 5 to 6 November 2025 more than 250 drinking water experts are expected at the WWT’s Drinking Water Quality Europe Conference in Amsterdam. Leading water utilities, regulators, contractors, associations, academics and solution providers will be sharing the latest thinking on PFAS, the EU Drinking Water Directive, treatment innovation, catchment management and source water quality, long-term water…
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New publication out: Modelling on chlorine consumption in drinking water and its implications for THM formation
The publication “Investigating chlorine consumption through semi-mechanistic modeling and its implications for trihalomethane formation: A comparison of diverse drinking water” authored by Ehsan Ranjbar et al. from SafeCREW partner UBA, presented results on the modelling of chlorine consumption and DBP formation in disinfected drinking water samples. Drinking water disinfection with chlorine is used for the…