UBA presents study on water management consequences of brown coal phase-out in Lausitz region
UBA President: "We hope that our study will provide the federal states with helpful food for thought for their own solution options."
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On 3 July 2023, the German Environment Agency (UBA) once again discussed the key findings of its study on the water management consequences of the brown coal phase-out in the Lausitz region with more than 120 experts from the federal government, the federal states, academia and civil society. This brings to an end a project that has lasted more than two years and is the prelude to a structural change in water management in the affected states of Saxony, Brandenburg and Berlin. UBA President Dirk Messner said: "My impression is that the states are tackling the major challenges with a great deal of commitment and very innovative ideas. We hope that our study has been able to identify helpful approaches and initial solution options. The federal states on the ground know best which, if any, of our proposals can be implemented in a modified and locally adapted way."