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Food Initiative / Impacts / Safeguarding groundwater for the drinking water supply

Drinking water

Safeguarding groundwater for the drinking water supply

directqualitative only↑ risesreversibleWater suppliers, population

The initiative adds clean drinking water and the safeguarding of groundwater resources for drinking water production to the constitutional mandate on food security. According to the initiative committee, the drinking water supply is currently not adequately protected against pollution and the effects of climate change.

Machine translation · German original

Die Initiative ergänzt den Verfassungsauftrag zur Ernährungssicherheit um sauberes Trinkwasser und die Sicherung der Grundwasserressourcen für die Trinkwassergewinnung. Laut Initiativkomitee ist die Trinkwasserversorgung heute nicht ausreichend gegen Verschmutzung und die Folgen des Klimawandels abgesichert.

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Evidence for the impact (3)

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Auch ist die Trinkwasserversorgung nicht ausreichend gegen Verschmutzung und die Folgen des Klimawandels abgesichert.