Increase in illegal chemical drugs in wastewater and no filtration!

TU Dresden is conducting nationwide studies on drug residues in wastewater on behalf of the European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA).

The scientists detected through wastewater analysis that more and more people in Europe are consuming hard drugs such as cocaine, ecstasy, speed, and crystal meth. The studies are intended to provide policymakers with approaches to drug prevention.

Prevention is all well and good, but what about protecting that population which unintentionally comes into contact with drugs and pharmaceutical residues through contaminated tap water?

Water treatment plants do not filter out drug and pharmaceutical residues during wastewater treatment due to lack of funding. Technically, this would certainly be possible.

There are manufacturers of high-end water filters that offer financing concepts for safe systems that ensure clean, toxin-free and contaminant-free water.