An evaluation of the facility's drinking water was still ongoing. A police car stands in front of the entrance to the air force barracks in Wahn, Germany on Aug. 14, 2024.

A German military base near the western city of Cologne was temporarily closed on Wednesday as authorities investigated the possible sabotage of water supplies. The Cologne-Wahn barracks employs ...

"The water supply was interrupted as the drinking-water system showed unusual values," it said. The base, which has 4,300 soldiers and 1,200 civilian employees, was reopened in the afternoon.

In Germany, suspicions of possible biological or chemical contamination of water supplied to a Bundeswehr base have arisen for the third time, this time in the city of Mechernich, DW reports.

Germany's Defense Ministry says an investigation found no evidence that the water supply at a major air force barracks in western Germany was tampered with, two days after the facility was sealed ...

Germany's cabinet on Wednesday agreed on a national water strategy aimed at coping with long dry seasons and heatwaves caused by climate change to ensure water security in Europe's biggest economy ...

Germany has set a goal of cutting its net greenhouse gas emissions to zero before 2050. Meeting that goal, Tanneberger says, would require rewetting more than 100,000 acres of peatland each year.

People gather at a former water house, a small shop that sprung up in the 19th century to encourage workers to drink affordable water rather than beer or schnapps, that is now a kiosk in Frankfurt ...

The humble water houses have been a distinctive feature of Frankfurt since they started springing up in the second half of the 19th century. ... In Germany’s financial capital, ...

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) ... In Germany’s financial capital, traditional water houses bring people of all classes together. The Associated Press. April 12, 2025, 6:04 AM. Share This: ...