Speech about the planned gypsum plant close to Würzburg

Save our drinking water – now!
The drinking water in and around Würzburg must not be put at risk for the profits of one company.
Bavaria’s largest gypsum mine has been proposed – right in a water protection area, only 9 meters below the groundwater. That’s where the drinking water for Würzburg and many towns in the region comes from.
🤔 The revised reports change nothing:

• The mining operation would reduce and degrade the drinking water supply for Würzburg and future generations.
• There is no secure barrier between the groundwater and the gypsum deposits below it.
• Lower Franconia is already a dry region and cannot handle any more water shortages.
• Water is essential for life – gypsum is not. There are many alternatives and recycling options that Germany should have advanced long ago.
• Noise, dust, and traffic would also endanger quality of life, health, and nature.

👉 Therefore: Send a written objection by mail to the Mining Authority in Bayreuth.
Sign an objection right here.
Templates and details: https://www.wasser-in-gefahr.de
Send by mail in time so it arrives by November 20, 2025 (postmarked by November 17, 2025).
🎶 Song & music video to go with it: “We Can’t Eat Money”
https://youtu.be/8OVgC1VuVEE