Category: Policy makers and regulators
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Water pollution: Council and Parliament reach provisional deal to update priority substances in surface and ground waters
The Council presidency and the European Parliament’s representatives reached a provisional political agreement on a proposed directive to review and update the lists of pollutants affecting surface waters and groundwater and corresponding regulatory standards. This agreement updates environmental quality standards for a number of pollutants and adds new ones, aligning EU water policy with the…
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FEW PLACES LEFT – Final H2OforAll Conference (Oct 23–24, 2025), Coimbra
On 23-24 October 2025, the Final Conference of H2OforAll will take place at the University of Coimbra, Portugal. H2OforAll and SafeCREW are two of the founding projects of the ZeroPollution4Water Cluster, both focusing on the safety of drinking water. Both projects focus on the monitoring, evaluation and removal of disinfection by-products. The conference is organised…
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SafeCREW project meeting VII: Key outcomes and next steps
On 25th and 26th September 2025, SafeCREW conducted its seventh project meeting, this time online. While research in the first project year focused on the development of new analysis and monitoring tools for the comprehensive characterisation of water quality and the second year set up the onsite testing and monitoring campaigns in the case studies,…
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Second Policy Brief of the ZP4W Cluster on responding to the challenges of DBP published
The ZeroPollution4Water Cluster, a coalition of seven Horizon Europe projects, including SafeCREW, has released a new Policy Brief entitled “Responding to the Challenges of Disinfection By-products to Help Ensure Trust in Tap Water”. The publication focuses on the growing challenge of disinfection by-products (DBPs), substances formed when disinfectants used in drinking water treatment react with…
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Report from 15th Biodetectors Conference in Genoa (26-27 June)
The 15th BioDetectors Conference 2025 in Genoa, Italy, brought together about 100 scientists from about 15 countries worldwide who are involved in the development and application of in vitro effect- and non-animal-based methods (EBM/NAM). Toxicological experts shared insights on challenges in the water cycle in Italy and other countries. Many different case studies and applications…
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EU Green Week Partner Event 2025 of the ZP4W Cluster: Presentations now available
Our EUGreenWeek 2025 Partner Event: “ZeroPollution4Water Cluster: Unlocking solutions: 32 Case Studies For Zero-Pollution drinking and groundwater” on 20 June 2025 offered inspiring insights into the achievements of the seven sister projects H2OforAll, intoDBP, Mar2protect, NINFA, ToDrinQ, UPWATER, and SafeCREW. The event hosted by Water Europe attracted 50 participants in the virtual room and additional…
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European Water Resilience Strategy adopted
On 4 June 2025, the Commission adopted the European Water Resilience Strategy aiming at restoring and protecting the water cycle, securing clean and affordable water for all and creating a sustainable, resilient, smart and competitive water-economy in Europe. SafeCREW welcomes the Water Resilience strategy which aims to support more efficient water management. The European Commission…
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Join our EU Green Week Partner Event – Unlocking solutions
On 20 June 2025, 10:00 – 12:30, the official EU Green Week Partner Event organised by the ZeroPollution4Water Cluster will take place. The online webinar is dedicated to unlocking innovative solutions for achieving zero-pollution in our vital drinking and groundwater resources. It will present the new publication, “ZeroPollution4Water Cluster: overview and inventory of 32 case studies…
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Innovation in the digitalisation of the water cycle
On 9 May 2025, Andreu Fargas (Consorci d’Aigües de Tarragona – CAT) and Irene Jubany (eurecat – EUT) participated in a conference about the digitalization of the water sector in Manresa. The conference “Innovation in the digitalisation of the water cycle: challenges and lessons learned” was organised by Aigües de Manresa and the Spanish Ministry…
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Watch our webinar “Preparing drinking water supply systems for climate change – case study insights”
On 3 April 2025, H2OforAll and SafeCREW conducted their fifth common webinar, which has again been a great success. More than 60 participants listened to the four presentations on “Preparing drinking water supply systems for climate change – case study insights” and engaged in the discussion. If you missed the opportunity or if you want…