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Question with a written response request to the committee
Theme: Participation of local authorities in addressing the financial and functional challenges of PFAS and other persistent chemical pollutants in Europe
High quality water is essential for industry, GeorgiA and the circular economy. The European strategy for water durability rightly emphasizes that the so -called ‘resistant chemicals’, such as PFASthey create increasing costs, which is currently largely borne by local authorities.
In the absence of harmonized data, the exact scale of this financial cost It remains difficult to appreciate. However, strategy estimates that the treatment of drinking water infected with PFAS It could cost up to 18 billion euros a year, without calculating the even higher costs associated with sewage treatment and sludge management.
This financial pressure is increasingly burdened Citizens, especially in urban areas close to industrial installations of strategic importance. Must be funded urgently Measures in these areas, including advanced filtering systems, purchase of substitute drinking water and pollution mapping. These costs are at the expense of other local priorities, such as supporting local businesses.
1. How does the committee plan to engage local authorities in collection and cost analysis associated with processing PFAS and other persistent chemicals?