Rhine alarm
The term Rhine alarm is kept general and is proclaimed in the event of incidents on the Rhine .
development
After the major fire of Schweizerhalle in 1986, the responsible ministries of the states bordering the Rhine joined forces with the International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine (ICPR) with the aim of improving and protecting the water quality of the Rhine including the Rhine catchment area.
About a year after the accident, the "Rhine Action Program" was adopted:
In 1988 in Bonn, the “Rhine Action Program” adopted a list of measures to make industrial plants on the Rhine safer and to reduce incidents. There were measures:
- for the storage of dangerous substances
- for the construction of extinguishing water retention basins
- to warning and alarm devices
In addition, the Rhine ministers decided on “minimum requirements for municipal discharges” in order to further reduce the chronic pollution of the river with sewage.
In North Rhine-Westphalia alone, the Rhine alarm was triggered more than 50 times between 2014 and 2017, for example when chemical contamination was detected in the water.
Web links
- The Rhine - 30 years after Sandoz; Background information for the press conference on October 13, 2016 , International Commission for the Protection of the Rhine