noPILLS in Dülmen, Germany
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Poster exhibition: DSADS project results presented at final conference
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Knowledge platform online: Tracking the micropollutants
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TV spot about micropollutants in our water
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Second water run in Dülmen was a full success
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Declaration of intent for Dülmen signed at the DSADS final event
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DSADS celebrates its final event 14th August 2015 in Dülmen
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Dülmen’s 2nd water run takes place
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Crime-thriller about micropollutants available in book-shops
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Service campaign „spring-cleaning in the medicine chest“ will be repeated
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Final event of the school project within DSADS
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Video shows noPILLS pilot project in Dülmen
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Great cinema spot against small pills in water
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Dülmen’s water run was a success – follow-up event is planned
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Students write crime thriller about micropollutants
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Students of Dülmen’s Marienschule shoot a cinema spot about pharmaceutical residues
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Magazine of Association of SHI Physicians Westfalen-Lippe publishes article about pharmaceutical residues in water
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Structural work for activated carbon at the WWTP in Dülmen finished
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Doctors inform their patients about sensible use of pharmaceuticals
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The noPILLS pilot project DSADS arranges the first ”Dülmen’s water run”
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Coursework of students makes personal reference to pharmaceutical residues in water
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Students presented their working results at the farmer’s market in Dülmen
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Ground-breaking ceremony for activated carbon at the WWTP Dülmen
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Doctor‘s further education about environmental friendly handling of pharmaceutical residues
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Students of the Annette-von-Droste-Hülshoff-Gymnasium in Dülmen present their coursework about micropollutants
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Learning fluently-Newsletter: „Tracking the micropollutants“
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Free service campaign of all pharmacies in Dülmen within the DSADS pilot project from 31.1. until 5.4.2014 now extended until 12.4.2014!
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Waste collection calendar informs citizens in Dülmen about correct disposal of old and unused pharmaceuticals
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Schools start project work about micropollutants
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Another guided tour in Dülmen.
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DSADS seeks dialogue – with Dülmen’s doctors, pharmacists and citizens
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Guided tours give an insight into the waste water treatment plant in Dülmen
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Pilot project in Dülmen holds an expert talk with doctors and pharmacists
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Tracking the Micropollutants - in Dülmen
Dülmen is a town with about 47.000 residents in North Rhine-Westphalia, located in the Münsterland, right in between the city of Münster and the Ruhr area.
The town is more rural than urban, consists mainly of residential areas and has virtually no industry. The town is located in the Lippe catchment and is therefore in the area of the regional public water board Lippeverband, responsible for the municipal waste water treatment plant. This facility drains into the Tiberbach direction Hullerner/Halterner Stausee - important water reservoirs for the Ruhr area and indisputable suppliers of drinking water of superior quality.
Dülmen will host a project unique in Europe: From 2013 to 2015 the citizens, the health sector and politicians shall be informed and sensitized regarding the consequences of conventional consumption of pharmaceuticals for the water chain and how an altered use of medication may have positive impacts onto the environment.
The waste water treatment plant of the water board Lippeverband is technically state of the art, but even those facilities cannot eliminate most of the micropollutants at present. There are no threshold values for pharmaceutical residues from these municipal waste water treatment plants, because there is no environmental risk expected from the facilities.
Nevertheless, the wide range of micropollutants entering into the waste water is a reason for concern: How much of this is entering unnecessarily into the waste water treatment plant and subsequently passes into water bodies?
The Lippeverband, supported by the government of the federal state of NRW, the EU, the municipality of Dülmen and a wide range of scientific supporters, is consequently analyzing and addressing consumers‘ consumption and behaviour and will in parallel install technical improvements and carry out research programs at the waste water treatment plant.
On 15th April 2013 the kick-off meeting of the pilot project took place. More about the meeting.
The final event of the pilot project took place on August 14th 2015. More about the meeting.
You find more information and actual news about the Dülmen project on the project webpage www.dsads.de (= Den Spurenstoffen auf der Spur = ´tracking the micropollutants`)
You can find here press articles about the Dülmen project.
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