Saxony wants to make the water supply crisis-proof in times of climate change. "In the future, we must strengthen the resilience of the water supply and, as a water industry, manage water resources more precisely than in the past," said Environment Minister Georg-Ludwig von Breitenbuch (CDU) during a specialist government statement in the state parliament.
Increasing challenges for water management
"Water is our most important foodstuff and the indispensable basis for quality of life, economic strength and social stability. We have achieved a lot, but the challenges posed by heat, drought and heavy rainfall as well as structural change and growing usage demands require us to act in a more resilient, networked and forward-looking manner," said the Minister. The goal is safe, sustainable and intergenerationally just water management for the whole of Saxony.
