In the process of supplying the city of Hamburg with water from the heath, the Lüneburg Administrative Court wants to announce a judgment today.
Six lawsuits were heard that deal with the ecological consequences and the question of whether the Hanseatic city is getting too much or even too little groundwater.
In the proceedings, the Hamburg waterworks are opposing the so-called elevated permit granted in 2019 for 30 years in the Harburg district and would like to obtain a permit that is more difficult to revoke.
Lüneburg - Around 12 to 13 percent of Hamburg's needs are met from the heather.
Up until 2004, more than 25 million cubic meters had been extracted each year.
After that there was only a preliminary interim decision as a basis.
The new application amounts to a maximum annual volume of 18.4 million cubic meters.
The Harburg district approved an average annual water withdrawal of 16.1 million cubic meters.
32 wells are currently active for this purpose, and Hamburg Wasser would like to commission another five near Schierhorn in Nordheide.
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The five other lawsuits - including from the state association of citizens' initiatives for environmental protection in Lower Saxony (LBU) - are directed against the extensive permit.
Owners of agricultural and forestry land also belong to the district and argue that streams and rivers in the heath in the Harburg district are drying up more and more.
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