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Water resources in Germany: Increasingly polluted and regionally overused
Cullmann, Astrid; Sundermann, Greta; Wägner, Nicole; … - In: DIW Weekly Report 12 (2022) 49/50, pp. 307-315
The effects of the climate crisis are worsening water shortages, not only in the Global South but also in Europe, for example in the Berlin-Brandenburg region. Due to inadequate pricing of surface and groundwater abstraction and a lack of regulatory instruments, water overuse is occurring in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013471427
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Nitrate pollution of groundwater long exceeding trigger value: Fertilization practices require more transparency and oversight
Sundermann, Greta; Wägner, Nicole; Cullmann, Astrid; … - In: DIW Weekly Report 10 (2020) 8/9, pp. 61-72
For many years now, nitrate concentrations have exceeded the trigger value of 50 milligrams per liter at nearly one-fifth of the groundwater sampling sites in Germany. Apart from impairing the ecosystem by, for example, causing eutrophication of water bodies, nitrate-polluted drinking water also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012233313
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Nitrate pollution of groundwater long exceeding trigger value : fertilization practices require more transparency and oversight
Sundermann, Greta; Wägner, Nicole; Cullmann, Astrid; … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 10 (2020) 8/9, pp. 61-72
For many years now, nitrate concentrations have exceeded the trigger value of 50 milligrams per liter at nearly one-fifth of the groundwater sampling sites in Germany. Apart from impairing the ecosystem by, for example, causing eutrophication of water bodies, nitrate-polluted drinking water also...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012175779
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Water resources in Germany : increasingly polluted and regionally overused
Cullmann, Astrid; Sundermann, Greta; Wägner, Nicole; … - In: DIW weekly report : economy, politics, science : a … 12 (2022) 49/50, pp. 307-315
The effects of the climate crisis are worsening water shortages, not only in the Global South but also in Europe, for example in the Berlin-Brandenburg region. Due to inadequate pricing of surface and groundwater abstraction and a lack of regulatory instruments, water overuse is occurring in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013471206