Water shortage in Baden-Württemberg: Pour bans meet many areas

Water shortage in Baden-Württemberg: Pour bans meet many areas

Altmarkkreis Salzwedel, Deutschland - The sun is relentlessly burned down and the temperatures exceed the 30-degree mark-the summer of 2025 shows its hottest side all over Germany. But the joy of the beautiful weather is clouded by a worrying development: due to the ongoing drought, casting bans are already in force in many regions. So reports Stuttgart Nachrichten Water removal from rivers, ponds and lakes has passed by August 31st.

The situation is worrying. More and more circles follow to counter the falling water level in water. In Stuttgart, for example, withdrawal from public waters is only allowed with permission, and if you don't stick to it, you have to expect fines. Similar regulations also apply in the district of Böblingen, where the ban applies from June to the end of September. These measures have also arrived in North Rhine-Westphalia: restrictions have already been imposed in the Rhein-Sieg district and in Bonn.

water extraction in Saxony-Anhalt limited

Saxony-Anhalt is also not spared from this drought. Here the municipalities have already made extensive regulations on water withdrawal. In the Volksstimme says that the water withdrawal in the Altmark district of Salzwedel and in other districts for irrigation purposes is prohibited from day. The cities of Burg, Gommern and Genthin in the Jerichower Land have issued pouring bans, while in Dessau-Roßlau the irrigation of gardens and sports fields is restricted from July to September. A general ban on casting also has its validity in the district of Mansfeld-Südharz between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m.

increasing temperatures of over 35 degrees also demand that casting in regions without a ban only takes place in the early morning or in the evening. The water withdrawal from rivers, lakes and streams is increasingly being taken into account, since the water levels are still low. The German Weather Service (DWD) reports that this drought has been the worst since 1931, and this is also reflected in the soil moisture, which is severely impaired in many parts of Germany.

background and outlook

climate change also shows its effects here: as the Environmental Federal Office of the Environment , the rainfall in Germany has decreased extremely in the past few months. March 2025 has been the sixth dry since 1881, which has a massive impact on agriculture and vegetative development. The farmers in particular are concerned about the dry fields, because sustainable irrigation is becoming increasingly complicated.

In order to protect the water resources, careful handling of water is required. The national water strategy is intended to serve the handling of water sustainably. The citizens are advised to pay attention to the essentials when pouring the gardens and select suitable times to save the valuable resources.

The development remains exciting - more than ever, we have to ask ourselves how we can handle water with the almost the long. Only if we all maintain a clever and responsible handling can we perhaps escape the water crisis.