MEPS PUSH FOR TOUGHER EU-WIDE SURFACE WATER STANDARDS
May 1st, 2008
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Parliament's environment committee has tabled amendments toughening a proposed European Union directive on surface water standards. MEPs have called for a further 31 pollutants (including dioxins and PCBs) to be considered for tough controls or an outright ban in rivers, lakes, and coastal waters, making drinking water sources cleaner. Another proposal would insist "best available water treatment techniques" are followed close to pollution sources.
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THE EUROPEAN Parliament's environment committee has tabled amendments toughening a proposed European Union directive on surface water standards. MEPs have called for a further 31 pollutants (including dioxins and PCBs) to be considered for tough controls or an outright ban in rivers, lakes, and coastal waters, making drinking water sources cleaner. Another proposal would insist "best available water treatment techniques" are followed close to pollution sources.
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