Sunday 16 September 2018

EU to update the Drinking Water Directive

A recent media release from the European Parliamentary Research service announced that the Drinking Water Directive had been recast as a result of a proposal from the Commission in February and voted through last Monday. The proposal responded to the European Citizens’ Initiative, Right2Water, and built on a fitness check which concluded that the 20-year old directive was fit for purpose, but needed updating. The main elements of the proposal consist of updating the water quality standards, introducing a risk-based approach to the monitoring of water, improving and streamlining the information provided to consumers, harmonising the standards for products in contact with drinking water, and imposing obligations to improve access to water.

One trusts  that Westminster will pass this directive into UK law in the normal way and not let the shadow of Brexit prevent it.

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