Water, bodies of water and soil

• independently classify water-polluting chemical substances

  If you or your company operate a facility that handles hazardous water-polluting chemical substances, you must independently classify the substances used into a water hazard class (WGK) and notify the German Environment Agency.

• Submit objections and comments on measures in the federal waterways sector

  You can submit objections and statements regarding construction work on federal waterways to the Directorate-General for Waterways and Shipping (GDWS) as part of the approval procedure.

• Apply for a water rights permit for the construction, expansion, or use of railway-specific infrastructure

  If you wish to build, expand, or operate Deutsche Bahn facilities and this involves impacts on bodies of water, you must apply for a water management permit from the Federal Railway Authority.

• Nachforschungsgenehmigung für Feldbegehungen, Ausgrabungen oder zerstörungsfreie Prospektion beantragen

  Hier können Sie eine Nachforschungsgenehmigung für Feldbegehungen nach paläontologischen und archäologischen Funden beantragen. Fachfirmen können hier die Genehmigung für Ausgrabungen, geophysikalische Prospektionen oder Fachgutachten beantragen.

• Drinking water analysis
• Water fee, water price

  The drinking water supply is provided by local water supply companies. Information on this can be obtained from the municipal or city administration.

• Apply for the provision of the water register

  Are you looking for water rights? Then you can use the water register to specifically start your search for water rights by entering the topic and administrative unit.

• Registration of a domestic well

  As the owner of a private well for drinking water supply, you are required to register it. 

• Have the fishing vessel removed from the eel register

  If you wish to give up a fishing vessel for eel fishing, you must report the deregistration to the competent authority.

• Submit annual report on commercial eel fishing

  If you catch eels for commercial purposes, you must submit written records of each fishing operation as an annual report to the upper fisheries authority.