Germany’s
K+S Group and the Hameln Declaration district alliance, which oversees
districts and communities bordering the Werra and Weser Rivers, have signed a
10-year agreement to constructively support the further reduction of salt
pollution in the two rivers.
K+S on Feb. 19 said the agreement provides for a regular exchange of
information and acknowledges the constructive discussions of recent years.
K+S in late 2021 secured a new discharge permit from the Kassel Regional Council for 2022-2027, under which the maximum annual discharge of saline wastewater permitted from its Werra and Neuhof-Ellers production sites was reduced to 5 million cubic meters, down from the permitted 6.7 million cubic meters in 2021 (GM Dec. 31, 2021).