Drinking water supply on Langeoog-

situation and problems

Holger HinnahOOWV - The water board of

Oldenburg and East Frisia

The OOWV

institution with legal standing

founded in 1948 as a water and soil board

since 1999: new department sewage disposal

OOWV- Area

The OOWV in figuresgeneral company

year of foundation 1948

clients ca. 1 Mill.

employees 651

thereof trainee 30

total assets

(drinking water and sewage) ca. 500 Mill. EUR

Stand:1/2004

2area 7.850 km

sewage disposal since 1999

Fields of activity

drinking water supply

groundwater protection

assumption of further tasks possible

sewage disposal

Department of drinking water waterworks

waterworks

water storage tank

& water storage tanks

Department of drinking waterin figures

members9 rural districts2 cities1 municipality

length of pipe system 13.000 km

accesses to households 320.000

clients 880.000

drinking water release 69 Mill. m / year3

capacity of the 15 waterworks 251.000 m / day3

Stand: 4/2003

consumption per head 121 l / day

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cooperation with

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organic farming

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Information centres

Old waterworks Langeoog

Kaskade-information centrein Diekmannshausen

Freshwater teaching trail in Nethen

Service centre in the T.A.Z.in Oldenburg

Organic farm „Bakenhus“in Großenkneten

Tree and nature teaching trailin Holdorf

Island Langeoog

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Freshwater lens

rainfall

evaporation

North Sea

clay

clay

clay

sand + salt water

freshwater lens

sand +freshwater

wadden sea

well

Water protection area

Main problems

1. unsecure old deposition of harmful substances

Endangering

old domestic garbage dump

well with hydrocarbons

Main problems

1. unsecure old deposition of harmful substances

2. stability of freshwater lens

Chloride concentrationWaterworks Langeoog: chloride concentration

average of all conveying wells in mg/l

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Main problems

1. unsecure old deposition of harmful substances

2. stability of freshwater lens

3. danger of flooding

Endangered catchment area

catchment area

Endangered catchment area

Questions?

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