A higher extraction of groundwater in the Hessian Ried is legal. Environmentalists had sued against it, but now failed before the Hessian Administrative Court in Kassel. It was a years-long legal dispute over groundwater extraction in the Hessian Ried. The Hessian Administrative Court (VGH) in Kassel has now decided: the management goals for the groundwater would be met. A deterioration in the condition of the groundwater body...