Tesla secures water for Grünheide: New contract after two years!

Tesla hat am 13. Juni 2025 einen Wasservertrag mit dem Wasserverband Strausberg-Erkner für die Gigafactory in Grünheide unterzeichnet.
On June 13, 2025, Tesla signed a water contract with the Wasserverband Strausberg-Kner for the Gigafactory in Grünheide. (Symbolbild/MB)

Tesla secures water for Grünheide: New contract after two years!

In Grünheide near Berlin there are fresh news from the Tesla world. On June 13, 2025, the US electric car manufacturer signed a new supply contract with the Strausberg-Kner Water Association. This latest step comes after almost two years of intensive negotiations and is a milestone for the company's factory, which has been in public discussion again and again since its opening. The new contract regulates the recycling of the wastewater, which means that Tesla can not only secure its production capacities, but also promote sustainable practices.

With this new water supply contract, Tesla clearly determines how much water the Gigafactory will be preserved in the coming decades and how the waste water is managed. A grip for environmentalists: In the contract, higher limit values ​​for the load on the dirty water from the factory are also recorded, which ensures controversial discussions in the industry. It remains to be seen whether this can dispel the critics' concerns.

sustainable water management in focus

In the context of the new contract, the questions about sustainable water management sprout like mushrooms after the rain. Because responsibility for the clever dealings with water is bearing the entire industry. As the Environmental Office explained, sustainable concepts not only aim at protect the water resources, but also on integrated management within river feed areas. It is clear that industries like Tesla should also make a contribution to secure water as an important resource for future generations.

The challenges are enormous. Even if Germany has an apparently inexhaustible water resource, there are qualitative problems due to different uses of the waters. This makes it clear that despite all the progress in water protection, there is additional need for action, especially in order to achieve international targets. An Action Plan of the Federal Environment Agency contains approximately 70 measures to secure the quality of water and to reduce the stress by nutrients and dangerous substances.

how is it going in Grünheide?

The signing of the water supply contract is a step in the right direction, but the implementation of the agreed goals remains critical. For Tesla, this not only means confirmation of the successful, but also a clear order, to operate sustainably. In this context, the role of the municipal level could also prove to be decisive in the future in order to put the ideas of sustainable development into practice.

In this constantly changing landscape, we have to observe how Tesla will meet its new obligations and whether the long -term perspectives in the sense of the environment and the residents are observed. However, the new agreement with the water association should also serve as an impetus for other companies, to rethink and adapt their own sustainable practices.

Manager Magazin reports that water is provided again after a payment to the Strausberg-Kner water association. This positive turn could be seen as a good omen for the region and economic development.

The next few months will show how this agreement will work in practice and whether it can bring the hoped -for upswing for Tesla. One thing is certain: there is something in the water management and we will watch it carefully!

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