High quality, safe and sufficient drinking water is essential for our daily life, for drinking and food preparation. We also use it for many other purposes, such as washing, cleaning, hygiene or watering our plants. 

The European Union has a history of over 30 years of drinking water policy. This policy ensures that water intended for human consumption can be consumed safely on a life-long basis, and this represents a high level of health protection. The main pillars of the policy are to:

• Ensure that drinking water quality is controlled through standards based on the latest scientific evidence;
• Secure an efficient and effective monitoring, assessment and enforcement of drinking water quality;
• Provide the consumers with adequate, timely and appropriately information;
• Contribute to the broader EU water and health policy;

This web page aims at providing you an overview on the legislation and its implementation as well as giving information, e.g. where to find national drinking water portals across the EU.