{"id":117519,"date":"2025-04-07T16:47:51","date_gmt":"2025-04-07T14:47:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/?post_type=library&#038;p=117519"},"modified":"2025-04-07T16:47:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T14:47:51","slug":"open-letter-calling-for-swift-adoption-of-updated-eu-water-pollution-standards","status":"publish","type":"library","link":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/de\/library\/open-letter-calling-for-swift-adoption-of-updated-eu-water-pollution-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Open letter calling for swift adoption of updated EU water pollution standards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW29252062 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29252062 BCX0\">This joint open letter demanding action on EU water pollution is signed by<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29252062 BCX0\"> 17 public and private entities including <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29252062 BCX0\">drinking<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29252062 BCX0\"> water and wastewater service providers, environmental civil society organisations, healthcare professionals, social partners, recreational fishing associations, business relying on clean and healthy water as well as local authorities. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW29252062 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29252062 BCX0\">It <\/span>emphasises shared <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29252062 BCX0\">deep <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29252062 BCX0\">concerns about the <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29252062 BCX0\">slow progress in adopting<\/span> <span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29252062 BCX0\">the proposed new<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29252062 BCX0\"> EU water pollution standards<\/span><\/span><span class=\"TextRun SCXW29252062 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-GB\" xml:lang=\"EN-GB\" data-contrast=\"auto\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29252062 BCX0\">, <\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29252062 BCX0\">as well as<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29252062 BCX0\"> proposal<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29252062 BCX0\">s<\/span><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW29252062 BCX0\"> to weaken and delay implementation of the Water Framework Directive (WFD). It calls on EU policymakers to stop delaying urgently needed updates of EU water pollution rules and standards.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"featured_media":117521,"template":"","library_category":[441],"library_tags":[499,485],"class_list":["post-117519","library","type-library","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","library_category-water","library_tags-joint-publication","library_tags-letter"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library\/117519","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/library"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/117521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117519"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"library_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library_category?post=117519"},{"taxonomy":"library_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eeb.org\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/library_tags?post=117519"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}