
is concerned with improving and safeguarding the water quality of the Danube
and its tributaries. IAWD encourages all measures and attempts directed at
avoiding and eliminating all contamination of, and hazards to, the raw water quality
in order to ensure reliable drinking water supply.
To achieve these goals, all efforts are undertaken to unite the water companies
of all countries in the Danube catchment area in IAWD to encourage concentration
on the following objectives:
Developing a uniform, internationally agreed monitoring and investigation
programme to safeguard water quality as well as evaluating and publishing
the results thus obtained
Making the results of this work available to national and international
institutions
Public relations
Maintaining a regular and continuous exchange of experience between
members
Co-operating closely with other organisations pursuing similar objectives