A good month ago, 5000 liters of kerosene seeped into the groundwater on the TUM campus in Garching.
The Landtag Greens are now calling for consequences.
Garching
- After the kerosene accident at the Technical University of Munich on the Garching campus in mid-July, Claudia Köhler and Markus Büchler, members of the Greens, requested information from the state government in a written request and have now received it.
Claudia Köhler is not very satisfied with the answers: “It is absurd that over 5000 liters of kerosene can seep into the ground at a state research facility. Homeowners have to be able to show double-walled tanks or a specially secured, impermeable tank for heating oil and state institutions apparently not? " "Because then nothing should actually get into the groundwater," emphasizes Köhler. This is exactly what such systems are there for - but the groundwater is still impaired. "As a consequence, I demand a safety check for all systems with hazardous substances at the Technical University of Munich," she writes in a press release and demands:"An accident like that with this kerosene tank must not be repeated."
Markus Büchler adds: “In every traffic accident with leaking diesel, the contaminated soil is removed and disposed of immediately afterwards.
Why does the soil replacement have to be checked in a complex manner? "For him, that sounds like a" very lax approach.
I demand that the contaminated soil be completely removed in order to protect our groundwater.
I would also like to provide the public with information about the total damage incurred after the remedial measures have been completed. "
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