Drinking water What 's new
Belgaqua has moved. New address
Boulevard General Wahis, 21
BE-1030 Brussels
Tel: + 32 (0)2 706 40 90   Fax: + 32 (0) 2 706 40 99

The  Blue Book (Livre bleu) is still available. 77 questions about drinking water and waste water treatment. Download as pdf only in French or Dutch, or ask a hard copy (booklet).

New: Repertoire 2012
The new edition of the REPERTOIRE of conform devices (EN-1717), backflow protections and fluids of category 3 is issued under pdf format. 
Includes the technical specifications of domestic installations. (French edition - for Dutch (NL), switch to the Dutch pages first)

  Extension of the package of services offered by BELGAQUA
in the field of testing of backflow prevention equipment

Belgaqua offers now the opportunity to manufacturers to test the non-return valves and backflow prevention systems
according to the European standards. For more info:
contact us

  INTERNET SPAMING: be careful!

Some people make use of electronic adresses they found in mailing lists in order to spread via e-mail inconvenient messages or virusses. In some cases, the adress of the sender seems to originate at BELGAQUA.
BELGAQUA states strongly that it does not send such junk mails and condemns firmly such pratices
Do not hesitate to throw away every suspicious mail

  Water statistics 2009 for Belgium - New decrease of water consumption

In the section "figures", you will find the water supply statistics for Belgium in 2009.
The drinking water consumption by households decreased again slightly compared to 2008, and the daily average consumption was 100,3 litres per person, compared to 101,5 in 2008.
The average Belgian consumer is still one of the most water saver of all industrialised countries.
Since 1996, the decrease amounts to 18 %..

  The information service of the Walloon Region about Water

phone: 070/666 420 or www.lalignebleue.be (only available in French)

 
Technical Regulation for water intended for human consumption
AquaFlanders (www.aquaflanders.be), the new name of SVW, Samenwerking Vlaams Water, the umbrella for the Water Supply sector in the Flemish Region,
has issued its Technical Regulation for water intended for human consumption.

This Technical Regulation has been established to implement the Decree of the Flemish Parliament of van 24/05/2002 and is now fully integrated in the Decree of the Flemish Government of April 8, 2011 including the water delivery regulation (see www.staatsblad.be) and specifies the technical requirements which domestic water installations must comply and defines the relationship between the Water supplier and the customers.

The Belgaqua Technical Requirements for domestic installations (see "publications")
are an integral part of this Technical Regulation.

  HYDROCHECK

Acceptance of materials in contact with drinking water.

List of certificates (see "publications")

  Cold weather Warning

  Green book 2002:

Report on the presence of crop protection products in the water resources in Belgium
(available in French or Dutch): see "publications"