Overview
- Hikers reported the vividly discolored stream below the Lainbach waterfall around 12:40 p.m. on Saturday and alerted police.
- The volunteer fire brigade and the Weilheim water authority inspected the site, documenting a bright streak extending for several hundred meters.
- Experts judged the introduced substance to be environmentally harmless, and police and firefighters collected water samples for laboratory analysis.
- The fire brigade noted the coloration could be visible where the Lainbach enters the Kochelsee near the Dorst facility.
- Investigators have not identified who released the dye, and officials point to similar past cases in the region, including a May Uranin discharge in Hausham.