In the legal dispute over the discharge of saline waste into the Werra and Weser rivers, the Kassel-based mining company K+S and the Hessian League for the Environment and Nature Conservation Germany .
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K+S Group Issued New Injection Permit From Kassel Regional Council
KASSEL (dpa-AFX) - K+S Group (SDFG) said Wednesday that the Kassel Regional Council has granted the company a new permit for salt disposal in Werra and Weser. The new permit is initially limited until the end of 2021.
The company noted that the new permit under water law provides its Werra and Neuhof-Ellers plants with further security for the production of mineral fertilizers and high-purity salt products. The previous permit expires at the end of 2020.
According to K+S Group, an amendment to the previous injection permit was regarding the lowering of the limit value for chloride from 2,500 to 2,400 milligrams/liter by the approval authority. This advancing a reduction in the salt concentration planned by K+S by one year.