Domestic Water Supply

Today, a regulatory package consisting of six separate implementing or delegated acts was published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Online information for members on January 19, 2024

A new Presidial Board, an adapted statute, and a fresh brand appearance - at their yesterday's general assembly in Essen, figawa has introduced ...

Certifiers DVGW CERT and Kiwa and German water and gas sector association figawa will work together on the development and management of a database ...

DVGW Cert, KIWA and figawa launch joint project to develop a database for materials in contact with drinking water.

EDW publishes position paper on the future EU-wide harmonised conformity assessment procedure for products in contact with drinking water.

In the new EU Drinking Water Directive, the parametric value for lead was reduced by half compared to many current national regulations.

In the context of the publication of the EU standardization strategy on February 2, 2022, the EU Commission is committed to the strategic as well as ...

SHK ESSEN will now take place from 6 - 9 September 2022, including the figawa areas on drinking water and hydrogen.

In 2021, figawa gained a total of 13 new member companies.

This autumn figawa starts in its new committee structure. The first constituent meetings have already taken place.

Since April, another 5 companies have been recruited as new members.

The annual report for 2019 and 2020 provides an overview of figawa's diverse topics and activities.

With the participation of the German Environment Agency, figawa and wdk organised an online event for their member companies on 29 April 2021.

Additional member companies were acquired in February.

Figawa launches joint association talks with the German Environment Agency.

In the new EU Drinking Water Directive, uniform requirements are set for the first time for materials in contact with drinking water.

BPC Opinions on the in-situ generated active substance "Active chlorine produced from sodium chloride by electrolysis" for product types 1 - 5 ...

Good news for manufacturers of products in contact with drinking water.

IFAT 2020 has now been officially cancelled due to the corona pandemic.

The transitional period until the entry into force of the evaluation criteria should be extended until 31.12.2022.

IFAT is postponed and will take place from 7. - 11. September 2020. This was officially communicated by the organisers on March 12, 2020.

SHK ESSEN 2020 is postponed due to an official decree and is to take place from 1 - 4 September 2020.

ECHA to compile and manage an EU positive list of chemicals that can be safely used in materials that come into contact with drinking water.

EU Council and the EU Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the recast Drinking Water Directive.

Figawa welcomes the results achieved so far in the ongoing legislative process to recast the EU Drinking Water Directive, already in force for over ...

The figawa information event is dedicated to this topic during the annual conference 2019 on 7 May 2019 in Würzburg.

This question was discussed at the information event organised by ECI, EDW and figawa on 12 March 2019 in Frankfurt.

The EU Drinking Water Directive (Directive 98/83/EC) is currently under revision. What is the current state of affairs?

Lead added to list of substances of very high concern for authorisation