Safe drinking water is vital for human health. Diffuse pollution of nitrogen and pesticides from agriculture is the main obstacle to meet drinking water quality targets.
The objective of FAIRWAY is
- to review approaches for protection of drinking water resources against pollution by pesticides and nitrate, and
- to identify and further develop innovative measures and governance approaches for a more effective drinking water protection.
June 2019: FAIRWAY Workshop, LuWQ2019, Aarhus
FAIRWAY organized a workshop on the main barriers and solutions for creating safe drinking water resources during the Conference on Land Use and Water Quality in Aarhus (June 2019). The aim of the workshop was to discuss and rank the barriers and solutions. Twenty-nine people from 12 countries participated.
The full meeting report can be »downloaded here.
Gerard Velthof
March 2019: Decision support tools workshop
Over the last 6 months, nine FAIRWAY case study sites have been testing a number of decision support tools (DSTs) that are used in European countries to help farmers/policy makers/water companies promote good practices for reducing nitrate and pesticide pollution of surface water and groundwater.
The results were presented on 12 March 2019 at a successful workshop at Aarhus University, Roskilde, Denmark.
Some of our main findings are:
- Many similar DSTs exist for similar problems. Themes and ideas behind national DSTs can be exchanged between regions and countries.
- A DST cannot generally be exchanged between countries without adjustments because of local differences in the climate, farming systems and implementation of legislation etc.
- One DST for all European countries will not work.
The FAIRWAY network increases the collaboration, exchange of ideas and inspire to improvements and further development of DSTs. Please feel free to contact us if you need any further information (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.)
Rikke Krogshave Laursen
December 2018: FAIRWAY & WATER PROTECT Joint Conference
EU policies in addressing drinking water managment challenges
7 December 2018, Brussels
Venue: Permanent Representation of Slovenia in Brussels Brussels, Rue de Commerce 44 Brussels Belgium
