Project details
Voluntary cooperation Hallertau - Au and Mainburg

Project aim:

Ecozept is committed to improving the quality of drinking water in the Au and Mainburg drinking water protection and catchment areas. The aim is to reduce nitrate discharge into the groundwater and thus ensure the long-term supply of safe drinking water for the population. In this area, hop cultivation dominates arable land use, as it is located in the world's largest hop-growing region, the Hallertau.

This results in special requirements for management that is gentle on drinking water. Ecozept is working on these challenges within the framework of voluntary cooperations in the Au and Mainburg areas with a total of over 80 farms.

Activities of ECOZEPT:

- Individual and group advice on groundwater-friendly cultivation measures such as intercropping, undersowing, crop rotation, etc.

- Development and implementation support for undersowing systems in hop cultivation

- Advice on erosion control measures and the establishment of perennial crops, e.g. miscanthus and silphia.

- Organization of collective orders for intercropping and undersowing mixtures.

- Mapping of agricultural use

- Strengthening the dialog for the joint development of solutions between agriculture, water suppliers and local authorities

Client:
Zweckverband Wasserversorgung Hallertau (Hallertau Water Supply Association)