Press release No. 306 of 6 September 2016
WIESBADEN – In 2015, roughly 9.6 million litres of liquid manure, slurry, silage effluents and comparable substances produced in agriculture escaped into the environment in accidents that occurred in installations for the treatment of water hazardous substances. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of approximately 2.8 million litres, or 41%, compared with the previous year. The main cause of this type of accident was human error (60%).