Cross-border agreement signed

An historic agreement will see water from the German state of NRW supply customers in nearby Rheinland-Pfalz.

German municipal utility Stadtwerke Bonn has signed a long-term contract to supply drinking water to customers in Altenkirchen and Neuwied, in the neighbouring state of Rheinland-Pfalz. Deliveries will begin in 2010, after construction of a new 30km supply pipeline is completed. Stadtwerke Bonn will source the water from the Wahnbachtal reservoir.

NRW environment minister Margit Conrad praised the inter-state cooperation ...

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