Overview

• The district of Waldeck-Frankenberg and the municipalities of Bad Wildungen, Waldeck, Vöhl and Edertal unveiled a resolution calling on federal and Hessian authorities to modernize Edersee water management.
• The reservoir is roughly 12% full, with exposed structures, shortened excursion routes and reported declines in tourist bookings.
• The Weserbund, speaking for Oberweser communities, opposes any reduction in summer releases and insists on a guaranteed 1.2 meter gauge at Hann. Münden to safeguard navigation and river ecology.
• The Waterways and Shipping Authority says maintaining that level in very dry periods can require releases of up to 30 cubic meters per second from the Edertalsperre.
• Legal constraints remain significant because the dam’s statutory purposes were set in a 1905 operating regulation, and any change would require action by the Bundestag.