Bloomberg: German Beer Brewers Win Fracking Protection for Spring

German brewers have won the backing of Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government to protect the springs they use from fracking, which they say could taint the purity of their beer.

The government plans to allow federal states to identify locations where fracking can’t take place to preserve the quality of the ground water used by brewers and producers of bottled mineral water, the Environment Ministry said Thursday.

“We need clean water to produce our beer,” said Friedrich Duell, president of the Bavarian Brewers Association and whose 350-year-old brewery in Krautheim, Franconia operates two wells. “If our wells aren’t protected our business is threatened. Fracking is a high-risk technology and we’ve seen water tainted in other countries often enough.”

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