Nitrate album? Farmers' association defends itself against allegations!

Nitrate album? Farmers' association defends itself against allegations!

The regional farmers' association Kurhessen has vehemently denied that agriculture is the cause of the alarming high nitrate values in private fountains. This explanation came in response to the recently published analysis results of VSR water protection, the values up to 110 mg/l nitrate in Immenhausen and 90 mg/l in Grebenstein, during the statutory limit of 50 mg/l. Ralf Desel, managing director of the association, expressed doubts about the meaningfulness of the rehearsals and criticized the methodology of the VSR. "Six drinking water fountains in Immenhausen show completely inconspicuous nitrate values," says Desel.

experts emphasize that the high values in the private fountain are more likely to be due to over -fertilization by allotment gardeners, while the municipal drinking water in the region is far below the limit values. Eberhard Cramer from the Hessen Plant Protection Service pointed out that the nitrate values in the publicly controlled fountain were between 8 and 26 mg/l. District farmer Jörg Kramm also confirmed that agricultural fountains have no worrying values. "The causation of the high nitrate values lies in the vicinity of the private fountain and not in agriculture," said Kramm. The discussion about the water quality in Hofgeismar is continued intensively in view of this information. You can find more about these findings on www.hna.de .