The Role of Cooperations in Water Protection from the Water Suppliers’ Perspective

Abstract: With their cooperations in Germany, farmers and water supply companies have a special role in securing the drinking water supply and in reducing the nitrate content. Farmers contribute to environmental protection by reducing the amount of fertiliser used, but despite the fact that less mineral fertiliser is used, they have no financial disadvantage due to the compensation payments. Water supply companies thus have less expenses for water treatment and can use these financial savings for compensation payments. Changing political framework conditions such as the amendment of the Fertiliser Ordinance and the Nitrate Report 2016, published in January 2017, gave rise to the investigation of such cooperations between farmers and water supply companies. This study focuses on the challenges and success factors of cooperations from the point of view of the water supply companies. For this purpose, a qualitative empirical study was carried out with experts from the water industry. The interv.... https://www.tib-op.org/ojs/index.php/gjae/article/view/2133

Object Details

• Location: Deutsche Nationalbibliothek Frankfurt am Main
• Extent: Online-Ressource
• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: The Role of Cooperations in Water Protection from the Water Suppliers’ Perspective ; volume:68 ; number:3 ; year:2019 ; German journal of agricultural economics ; 68, Heft 3 (2019)

Contributors, Places and Time

• Creator: Beck, Katja ; Knierim, Andrea

Further information

• DOI: 10.52825/gjae.v68i3.2133
• URN: urn:nbn:de:101:1-2409251103124.445054993439
• Rights: Open Access; Der Zugriff auf das Objekt ist unbeschränkt möglich.
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