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University of Osnabrück
Institute of Environmental Systems Research · Applied Systems Science
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Financial Support by Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt

Private Drinking Water Wells.
Monitoring and Improvement of Water Quality.

Project leader: Prof. Dr. Michael Matthies 
Cooperative institutions USF
Umweltforschungszentrum Leipzig-Halle GmbH  Dipl.-Biol. Jürgen Berlekamp
Landkreis Osnabrück  Dipl.-Sys.wiss. Stefan Fuest
Medizinaluntersuchungsamt Osnabrück Dipl.-Sys.wiss. Markus Klein
Weil Industrieanlagen GmbH & Co. KG, Greifswald
Wasser- und Umwelttechnik GmbH, Halle
Duration: Nov. 95 - Oct. 98 

Abstract

In rural areas private drinking water wells provide most of the population's drinking water. In the district of Osnabrück, 12.1 % of houses obtain their drinking water from private wells. But many other German regions  depend more on private water provision than the district Osnabrück.

 The public health departments which control the water quality and its hygienic status, have noticed a growth in contamination through nitrates and pesticides. The contaminations are mostly found in the top aquifer (shallow depths) and are only a a preliminary sign for a long-term trend also for deeper aquifers. These concern the public water supply.

Objective of this project is to create a concept for both the reduction of contamination and trreatment of the water to ensure long-term water quality. Monitoring shall be optimized and advice for decision support will be given.

The concept will be developed in the 2 000km2 region of Osnabrück which has 11 000 private water wells and in four small villages in the catchment of the Saidenbachtalsperre in Saxony (350 private water wells).

 

There were two English presentations concerning this project:
Presentation on Risk'97 - International Conference Mapping Environmental Risks and Risk Comparison
Presentation "Water Quality Management of Shallow Water Wells" (at ECOSUMMIT96)
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archived: October 1999 - last modified by the author: November 17, 1997
E-Mail: Stefan.Fuest@usf.Uni-Osnabrueck.DE [ index card (»German) ]
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