Comunicando la calidad del agua de consumo humano y de aguas regeneradas en el marco del Sistema Nacional de Salud español: prevención sanitaria en el origen gracias a los nuevos cambios legislativos

Borja Garrido Arias

doi:10.35669/rcys.2025.15.e377

Comunicating the water quality for human consumption and reclaimed water within the Spanish National Health System: health prevention at source due to new legislative changes.

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Borja Garrido Arias Universidad Europea de Madrid https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7299-0184

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https://doi.org/10.35669/rcys.2025.15.e377

Keywords:

Aguas de consumo, riesgo higiénico, recuperación efluentes, agente químico, agente biológico, monitorización, ingeniería

Abstract

The legislative field of Water Quality in Spain is a paradigm in terms of prevention and protection of Public Health and its National System.

The implementation of new legal texts recently consolidated (Royal Decree 3/2023, of 10 January, establishing the technical-sanitary criteria for the quality of drinking water, its control and supply and Royal Decree 1085/2024, of 22 October, approving the Regulation on water reuse and modifying various royal decrees regulating water management) implies a critical and deontological reflection by the working groups in charge of their implementation, being necessary a previous reflection in terms of legal transposition, execution and monitoring of results. The aim of this letter to the author is to instil a reflection in the aforementioned groups with the objective of evaluating in each specific scenario/installation the best solution with the aim of safeguarding Public Health without compromising other legal aspects, both environmental and occupational risk prevention.

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Author Biography

Borja Garrido Arias, Universidad Europea de Madrid

Professor Dr. Borja Garrido Arias holds a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the Complutense University of Madrid (year 2022, industrial mention, CUM Laude) and is a senior technician in Occupational Risk Prevention. He currently combines teaching with the business world where he manages the industrial processes department in an engineering company. For more than 15 years he has been involved in the world of water engineering, with several publications and patents in this field. Another of his specialities is industrial hygiene and ergonomics in the field of occupational risk prevention. His lines of research have focused on effluent reuse, process intensification, emerging contaminants, risks associated with industrial processes, Legionella prevention and biocide treatments.

References

Real Decreto 1085/2024, de 22 de octubre, por el que se aprueba el Reglamento de reutilización del agua y se modifican diversos reales decretos que regulan la gestión del agua.

Real Decreto 3/2023, de 10 de enero, por el que se establecen los criterios técnico-sanitarios de la calidad del agua de consumo, su control y suministro.

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Published

2025-01-13

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Garrido Arias, B. (2025). Comunicating the water quality for human consumption and reclaimed water within the Spanish National Health System: health prevention at source due to new legislative changes. Revista De Comunicación Y Salud, 15, 1–4. https://doi.org/10.35669/rcys.2025.15.e377

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Vol. 15 (2025)

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Cartas al editor

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