Oil carpet on Lake Starnberg: Diesel from shipyard provides alarm!

Oil carpet on Lake Starnberg: Diesel from shipyard provides alarm!

A dramatic incident on Lake Starnberg caused excitement! On Tuesday morning, an oil carpet of around 200 square meters was discovered on the north bank, in the area of ​​the Georgenbach. The Starnberg police confirmed that diesel fuel from a plot of Bavarian Lake Schifffahrt on the Starnberg shipyard leaked. A large fire brigade operation was immediately mobilized to control the situation.

The source of the evil

The volunteer fire brigades from Starnberg and the surrounding area used oil barriers and binders, while the water protection police and the water management office were also on site. A spokesman for the lake shipping said that the diesel had reached the rainwater canal via a wiping shaft. The exact time of the exit remains unclear, but it is believed that during the flood in the summer the sea water level was so high that the water could not flow. When the water mirror fell, the fuel finally reached the Georgenbach.

Bavarian lake shipping is now under pressure, finding out who is responsible for the fuel in surface drainage. It is the synthetic diesel fuel GTL, which is less harmful to the water than conventional diesel. The oil barriers have already achieved the first successes in cleaning by catching the remains of contamination.

No danger to the lake

The police calm down: The leaked diesel fuel is expected to have no negative effects on Lake Starnberg. Even in the worst case, if the entire amount had remained in the water, the consequences would have been minimal. The exact amount of the fueled fuel remains uncertain - it could be a few liters or even the entire tank of a small boat. The shaft from which the fuel emerged is now being pumped out and cleaned thoroughly to prevent further incidents.