Anzeige der Entnahme von Grundwasser Entgegennahme

You must notify the competent authority of groundwater abstraction for domestic use, farm operations, watering livestock or in small quantities for a temporary purpose.

Groundwater abstraction for domestic use, farm operations, watering livestock or in small quantities for a temporary purpose does not require a permit under water law. It merely needs to be reported to the authorities in good time before it begins.

• Groundwater and the public water supply are not endangered by your use.
• This is the abstraction of groundwater for domestic use, farm use, watering livestock outside the farm or in small quantities for a temporary purpose.
• the use of the water supply facilities for the household or farm is not prescribed by the water supply authority's statutes
• a connection to the public water supply is not possible from an economic point of view

The processing time depends in particular on the quality and scope of your application and the documents.

If the authorities do not prohibit your project within a certain period of time or issue orders, you can carry it out as notified.

• Notification of groundwater abstraction Receipt
• The withdrawal of groundwater for domestic use, farm use, watering livestock outside the farm or in small quantities for a temporary purpose must be notified to the authority in good time before the measure begins.
• Prerequisite: No harmful, unavoidable or uncompensatable changes to water bodies are to be expected as a result of the project
• Any necessary documents:
  • Explanatory report
  • General site plan as a topographical map with color coding of the existing or planned facility
  • Current cadastral site plan with color coding of the existing or planned facility
  • Information on the type of installation
  • schematic representation of the facility in plan and section
  • Accompanying nature conservation planning, including entry in the compensation area register for new facilities
  • Technical contribution to the Water Framework Directive
• The authority responsible is the one that would also be responsible for issuing a permit.

Lower water authority, in Lower Saxony: districts, independent cities, large independent cities, Hannover region