Three Countries, One Goal: Plant Has Been Testing the Rhine for 30 Years

The Rhine is the most frequented waterway in Europe. But it also supplies many villages along the river with drinking water. Therefore, careful attention must be paid to the water quality of the Rhine. One of these Rhine quality stations is in Worms. And that has been for exactly 30 years. An accident in a Swiss chemical plant in 1986 ensures that large quantities of pesticides flow into the Rhine. The water must no longer be treated as drinking…

A chemical accident in Switzerland had once given rise to the foundation of the Rhine quality station.Three decades later, the policy recalls the importance of the measurements.The Rhine quality station Worms celebrates its 30th anniversary on Wednesday (10.00 a.m.) with political prominence and open doors for interested citizens.The station on the Rhine is a joint project of the federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse and Baden-Württember…