What is good drinking water? 41 years  of water conflicts around the Nuclear  Research Centre Karlsruhe, 1956–1997

Gutting, Alicia

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/sand-1-189-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/sand-1-189-2021

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https://doi.org/10.5194/sand-1-189-2021

© Author(s) 2021. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

Articles | Volume 1

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What is good drinking water? 41 years of water conflicts around the Nuclear Research Centre Karlsruhe, 1956–1997

Alicia Gutting

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Deutsches Institut für Normung: Zentrale Trinkwasserversorgung – Leitsätze für Anforderungen an Trinkwasser, Planung, Bau, Betrieb und Instandhaltung der Versorgungsanlagen, Beuth, Berlin, 2017.

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Short summary

This article traces the development of risk perception regarding water around the Nuclear Research Centre Karlsruhe from 1956 to 1997. Different expectations clashed: the federal hopes for progress after Second World War met local values of the home and its environment. Various conflicts arose and opponents made use of their past lived-knowledge to foster their arguments against future decision-making.