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Mining company Leag has admitted that its lignite mining activities in the east German region of Lusatia contribute to lower water gauges in the region鈥檚 lakes, Thorsten Gellner writes in the M盲rkische Allgemeine Zeitung. 鈥淭he environment ministry [of federal state Brandenburg] for the first time last year and now, surprisingly, Leag has followed suit,鈥� Gellner says. Environmentalist Ren茅 Schuster says Leag鈥檚 water withdrawal for coal mining has become 鈥渟o severe they could no longer deny it.鈥� However, Leag denies any responsibility for high levels of sulphate in the river Spree, which also flows through Germany鈥檚 capital Berlin, Gellner writes. Since Berlin draws part of its drinking water supply from the Spree, the city fears the flooding of a former open-pit mine will add to the costly problem of purifying the river鈥檚 water. Leag says these concerns are 鈥渦nfounded鈥� as flooding and other activities do not contribute to higher sulphate levels in the river.

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