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Flemish Parliament
2025-2026 – nr. 563 Nature and environment
Under consideration
Proposal for better protection of drinking water areas against pesticides
Official title: Voorstel van resolutie van Mieke Schauvliege, Jeremie Vaneeckhout, Bram Jaques, Fourat Ben Chikha, Aimen Horch en Nadia Naji over een betere bescherming van drinkwaterwingebieden tegen vervuiling door pesticiden en door afbraakproducten van pesticiden
Status: Parliament is still discussing this proposal, for example in a committee or while waiting for advice. (parliament: ‘to be considered in committee’)
In plain language
- Lawmakers ask the Flemish Government to phase out pesticides in drinking water extraction zones and halve their overall use by 2030.
- This mainly affects farmers and industries near water extraction areas, who must stop using conventional pesticides, register applications digitally, or switch to organic farming.
- Your drinking water receives better protection from harmful chemicals, and polluters will have to cover extra purification costs instead of taxpayers.
Automatically summarised (gemini-3.8-flash). AI can make mistakes: if in doubt, read the official text.
How parliament voted
Parliament has not voted on this proposal yet.