APPALLING DRINKING WATER PROBLEMS DAMAGE HEALTH OF EASTERN EUROPE – EEA
October 1st, 2007
BY KEITH NUTHALL
APPALLING drinking water quality problems still pose major health hazards for some south-eastern Europe countries wanting to join the European Union (EU), the European Environment Agency's (EEA) latest assessment of European pollution has concluded. For example, Albania's "urban water rarely has even preliminary treatment" through "the lack of adequate...facilities and the unreliable supply of chemicals." And only 32% of Bosnia & Herzegovina's urban population has safe, treated drinking water, with 42% of ...
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