Risk assessment and prevention

Risk assessment has become a very important component in drinking water supply and wastewater treatment. According to the EU Drinking Water Directive 2020/2184, a risk assessment is mandatory for the suppliers, while the decision as to which smaller wastewater teratment plants will invest in a fourth treatment step is made on the basis of a risk assessment study, as regulated in the new Urban Wastewater Treatment Directive (EU) 2024/3019.

But what is risk assessment? How it can be implemented, what are the main aspects to consider, in general but also in the case of PFAS specifically? Answears to these questions are given from the experts Piia Leskinen, Kamila Gruškeviča  and Melissa Goicoechea Feldtmann.