… Military and armament contaminated sites Although there is no legal definition in Germany for the terms Militärische Altlasten (military-contaminated sites) and Rüstungsaltlasten (armanent-contaminated sites), they nonetheless fall within … military sites, contact the competent federal or regional-state authorities. … Military and armament contaminated sites …

… Curbing overdevelopment Average per capita land use in Germany for residential purposes alone amounted to 47 square meters in … a figure that is likely to rise. At the same time, new construction on greenfield land is on the rise, while increasing numbers of apartment buildings, other structures, and lots stand empty. In our view, this overdevelopment should be curbed, and land …

… Ordinance all the way to the tap. Its distribution via the water company’s mains and the drinking water systems of individual buildings brings it into contact with a … However, lead dissolves in water in concentrations which bear a risk to health and is therefore not suitable as a material for drinking water installations. It … In the drinking water installations area, a variety of materials - such as plastics and metals for pipes, sealing materials and valves - are used which might be …

… Commissions and advisory boards Soil protection is an environmental protection task … the UBA has strengthened its competencies in this regard via two commissions and an advisory board. last update on 01.04.2014 The Kommission Landwirtschaft … samples, soil substance quantification, and soil investigation quality assurance. … Commissions and advisory boards …

… air data" information pages Experts at the monitoring stations of the German states and the German Environment Agency take multiple daily measurements to determine the … For individually selected stations, data can be viewed and downloaded in lists and charts. Exceedances: Exceedances of limit and target values in the current year Under Exceedances you can access separate tables for the pollutants particulate matter (PM 10 ), nitrogen dioxide and ozone. …

… the expert committee according to section 25 of the German Federal Soil Protection and Contaminated Sites Ordinance (Bundes-Bodenschutz- und Altlastenverordnung - … creates the formal prerequisites for being able to apply newer measurement methods and procedures despite the normative references to standards in the BBodSchV. last … that its work is regularly checked, updated when necessary and summarised in a table with a description of the contents. Note: The FBU has determined the …