Reports of the Ministry of the Environment Baden-Wurttemberg


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    The reports are available in German and will have to be translated independently if required.

    27 August 2015

    Municipal wastewater

    The 2015 Annual Report on ‘Municipal Wastewater’ published by the Baden-Wurttemberg Ministry of the Environment, Climate Protection and the Energy Sector

    24 March 2015

    Proper disposal of pharmaceutical products – protect our water
    Pharmaceutical products are essential for many people. Today, we are consuming more drugs than ever. After their
    administration, some components of the active ingredients are flushed into the wastewater treatment plants in the
    domestic wastewater. In most cases, this is inevitable unlike the unnecessary pollution of our bodies of water by the
    incorrect disposal of unused pharmaceutical products. Despite the numerous well-developed wastewater treatment
    plants, pharmaceutical residues cannot be completely removed from the wastewater and thus enter our bodies of
    water. Please read our flyer. It is possible to print the name of the relevant provider on the flyer via the DWA Baden-Wurttemberg
    regional chapter. Order via the DWA Baden-Wurttemberg regional chapter.

    2 October 2014

    Micropollutant inventory of flowing waters in Baden-Wurttemberg

    In the past decades, the pollution of our bodies of water has decreased thanks to the diverse
    measures undertaken, such as substance prohibition, expansion of the wastewater treatment
    plants or relevant adjustments to industrial processes. However, we must not rest on our
    laurels! The residues that can be detected in waters such as pharmaceuticals, contrast media,
    biocides, synthetic sweeteners, fragrances, softeners and flame retardants pose a new challenge.
    In most cases, these micropollutants enter bodies of water after their corresponding use in
    households through municipal wastewater treatment plants.

    Read the complete press release by the Baden-Wurttemberg Ministry of the Environment, Climate
    Protection and the Energy Sector as a PDF. The PDF version of the unabridged ‘Micropollutant inventory
    of flowing waters in Baden-Wurttemberg’ report is available for download.

    Anthropogenic micropollutants in bodies of water - 2012 report on micropollutants in Baden-Wurttemberg

    For approximately the last ten years, the topic of micropollutants in wastewater has
    been the subject of intensive national and international discussion. This involves a variety
    of different substances that are found in our bodies of water in very low concentrations in
    the range of nano or micrograms per litre or even lower concentrations and are introduced
    by human activities. Municipal wastewater treatment plants represent an important input
    pathway of substances that primarily enter wastewater treatment plants together with domestic
    wastewater where they are insufficiently eliminated. These substances include active ingredients
    of pharmaceuticals, X-ray contrast media, additives in personal care and cleaning products,
    biocides and substances with hormone-like effects. Read the full report on micropollutants.



  • > Flyers

    Proper disposal of pharmaceutical products – protect our water

    Pharmaceutical products are essential for many people. Today, we are consuming more drugs than ever. After their administration, some components of the active ingredients are flushed into the wastewater treatment plants in the domestic wastewater. In most cases, this is inevitable unlike the unnecessary pollution of our bodies of water by the incorrect disposal of unused pharmaceutical products. Despite the numerous well-developed wastewater treatment plants, pharmaceutical residues cannot be completely removed from the wastewater and thus enter our bodies of water.

    Please read the flyer here.

    It is possible to print the name of the relevant provider on the flyer via the DWA Baden-Wurttemberg regional chapter.

    Order via the DWA Baden-Wurttemberg regional chapter.


    The ‘Proper disposal of pharmaceutical products – protect our water’ is also available in Turkish.

    Read the flyer here.


    The flyer is available in German and Turkish and will have to be translated independently if required.


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DWA Landesverband
Baden-Württemberg

Rennstraße 8 | 70499 Stuttgart
Phone: 0711 89 66 31-0
E-Mail:
info(at)dwa-bw.de



© Deutsche Vereinigung für Wasserwirtschaft, Abwasser und Abfall e. V. // (DWA)