But: Thanks to our unique technology, we can remove a large proportion of the micropollutants from wastewater and thus provide a cleaner environment – cost-effectively and sustainably.
Micropollutants are discharged into wastewater during production, processing, use, and disposal of chemicals and consumers products. When wastewater containing micropollutants does not receive efficient treatment, they enter our rivers, lakes, groundwater, and drinking water via various pathways: from effluents of wastewater treatment plants, residential runoff, direct release into water bodies or leaching from soils and via precipitation. Find out here where and how our water resources are being polluted.
The numbers are alarming: micropollutants in our water bodies not only lead to the pollution of nature and the environment, they claim thousands of human victims every day. Here are some facts and figures around the terrifying truth about our untreated wastewater.