Biological activity

PFAS: A Threat for the Dutch Drinking Water Cycle?

...increasing, and to-date more than 4000 chemicals have been classified as PFAS. Water contamination and resulting human exposures from legacy PFAS, such as perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), and emerging PFAS, such...

Innovative water treatment technologies

An integrated approach for the detection of undesirable perfluorinated substances in the water cycle

...complex mixes of PFAS in groundwater, surface water and drinking water is not known, particularly since industry is introducing more and more alternative PFAS to replace regulated substances.…

Emerging contaminants

Risks of industrial emissions to air for drinking water production

...the air filters of the drinking water treatment plant were filled with soot. At present, the threat comes from the emission of PFAS from industrial activities. It has…

Hydroinformatics

Impact of substances of very high concern in the environment

...persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic). They therefore fulfil the criteria stated in Article 57 of REACH. Substances that the water sector has to deal with include PFAS, drugs waste…

Futures studies and response strategies

BTO/WiCE 2024-2029: current and urgent

...to PFAS, impacts the drinking water quality and entails health risks. Due to changes in climate, demography, agricultural innovation and the energy transition, new substances will continue to have an...