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Quality of Europe’s water for people’s use has improved, but challenges remain to keep it clean and healthy

News Published 30 Nov 2016 Last modified 30 Nov 2016

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The quality of drinking water and bathing water, and the effectiveness of waste water treatment across the European Union continues to improve, according to a new European Environment Agency (EEA) report published today. However, pollution from sources like waste water treatment plants, agricultural runoff and storm water overflows, and emerging risks like micro pollutants from personal care products pose challenges to maintaining clean and healthy water for people’s use.