Mastering the EFSA/ECHA Guidance on Drinking Water Treatment Assessment

Master the new EFSA/ECHA guidance on the impact of water treatment processes on residues of active substances and metabolites in drinking water. Explore real-world case studies, understand assessment methods, and ensure compliance in plant protection and biocidal products. This guidance becomes mandatory in April 2026!

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Overview

Join this new online training to navigate the EFSA/ECHA guidance document addressing the impact of water treatment processes on residues of active substances and their metabolites in water used for drinking water production. Applicable to substances in plant protection and biocidal products, this guidance becomes mandatory in April 2026.

The training offers an in-depth exploration of the guidance document, ensuring you master the required assessment steps and methods. Through real-world case studies, you'll learn to avoid common pitfalls and ensure compliance with upcoming regulatory requirements.

Learning Objectives:

  • Gain comprehensive background information and in-depth insights into the new EU guidance document
  • Understand how to carry out the required assessment steps and develop a robust strategy
  • Learn about the challenges and pitfalls in the assessment process

Who will benefit from this training?

Professionals working in the fields of:

  • Regulatory affairs
  • Risk management
  • Efate and modelling
  • Toxicology and dietary safety

Sectors that should take part:

  • Biocides and agrochemical industry
  • Competent authorities and regulatory bodies
  • Consultancies

Programme

PLEASE NOTE: The indicated times refer to Central European Time CET. For further time zones, please view here



Friday, 7 November 2025 | 9:00 - 13:30
Welcome & Introduction
Overview and regulatory context
  • Purpose and framework of the guidance
  • Timeline for mandatory implementation (starting in April 2026)
Assessment of residues from plant protection products (PPPs)
  • Methods to determine residue presence at water abstraction locations
  • Factors affecting residue fate and transport in the environment
  • Calculating predicted environmental concentrations (PECs)
  • Screening for transformation products (TPs)
Assessment of residues from biocidal products
  • Pathways to surface water and groundwater contamination
  • Evaluating emissions and TPs during water treatment
  • Comparison of biocidal product environmental impacts
Experimental approaches for transformation product assessment
  • Common water treatment processes and formation of TPs formation
  • Experimental methodologies and OECD guidelines for testing
  • Modelling and predictive tools for identifying TPs
Tiered risk assessment for transformation products
  • Framework for assessing human and animal health risks
  • Genotoxic potential and hazard assessment procedures
  • Tiered approach to detailed health risk evaluation
European context and effect-based monitoring
  • Protection of water bodies and drinking water sources
  • In vitro bioassays and effect-based monitoring techniques
Case Studies
  • Application of concepts within real-world scenarios
Summary & Discussion
  • Open Q&A and discussion to address individual questions

Speakers

Name

Company

Pape

Lydia Pape

knoell Germany

Lydia Pape is a Principal Environmental Fate Scientist at knoell with more than 13 years of experience in environmental fate and exposure assessment. She has a background in geoecology, biogeochemistry, and atmospheric chemistry. As a regulatory project manager, she provides scientific and regulatory advice and develops strategies for active substance approval and product authorization in the crop protection regulatory area. At knoell, she is currently leading an interdisciplinary team of regulatory scientists focusing on the practical implementation of the EFSA guidance document on the impact of drinking water treatment processes for the pesticides and biocides regulatory areas.

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Venue

Online Training
This training is going to be held online.
You can reach us directly at:
Phone : +49 231 75896-50
Email: info@akademie-fresenius.de
www.akademie-fresenius.de

Prices & Services

Participation Fee: € 645.00 plus VAT.

The registration fee includes the following benefits:

  • Participation in the Online Event
  • Certificate of participation
  • Training documentation (available after the training via download from our website)

Representatives of an authority or a public university are therefore eligible for a reduced fee of € 495.00 plus VAT per person (please provide evidence). The reduced fee cannot be combined with other rebates.

Group Reductions
For joint bookings received from one company we grant a 15% discount from the third participant onwards.

Terms of Cancellation / Book without Risk
You can cancel your participation in our online events free of charge and without giving reasons in writing up to 1 week before the start of the event. In the case of later cancellations and non-login to the online event, no participation fees can be refunded.
In this case, however, you will receive access to the documentation after the event.
You can name a substitute participant free of charge at any time.

Claudia Werner

Your Contact

Claudia Werner
Programme and conceptual design

+49 231 75896-83
cwerner@akademie-fresenius.de

Claudia Werner

Your Contact

Claudia Werner
Programme and conceptual design

+49 231 75896-83
cwerner@akademie-fresenius.de

Claudia Werner

Your Contact

Claudia Werner
Programme and conceptual design

+49 231 75896-83
cwerner@akademie-fresenius.de

Jennifer Zerth

Your Contact

Jennifer Zerth
Organisation and participant management

+49 231 75896-79
jzerth@akademie-fresenius.de

Jennifer Zerth

Your Contact

Jennifer Zerth
Organisation and participant management

+49 231 75896-79
jzerth@akademie-fresenius.de

Display / Supplement

Present your Company at the Event.

You can personally present your products and services directly to your specified target group. We are happy to provide you with further information on our range of available options – from displaying company information at the reception counter to presenting your company with an exhibition stand.

We would be pleased to assist you personally:

Monika Stratmann

Monika Stratmann
Phone: +49 231 75896-48
info@akademie-fresenius.de

Press Contact

We offer journalists and editors a platform where they can get in touch with the experts.

If you are the editor of a specialist publication and interested in a press pass or media partnership, please contact us well in advance. We are happy to advise you.


Please contact us:

Katharina Geraridis

Katharina Geraridis
Phone: +49 231 75896-67
presse@akademie-fresenius.de