Water protection areas
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Responsibility for the designation of water protection areas in North Rhine-Westphalia lies with the district governments. For the Oberbergischer Kreis, this is the Cologne District Government and the Arnsberg District Government. This is done through regulatory ordinance, which is publicly displayed with the delineation of the protection zones in the affected municipalities.
Each of these water protection areas is divided into different protection zones. Protection Zone I is the most sensitive zone. In the case of reservoirs, it includes the water surface plus a 100-meter-wide strip of land. This is followed by Protection Zones II/IIa/IIb and Protection Zones III/IIIa/IIIb.
For each individual water protection area, there is a water protection area ordinance that classifies various measures in the individual zones as subject to approval or as prohibited. These include, for example: constructing buildings, clearing forests, and building roads and paths.
The staff of the water authority will be happy to assist you with further questions.
Further Information
Contact
Hückeswagen, Lindlar, Marienheide, Radevormwald, Wipperfürth, Bergneustadt, Engelskirchen, Gummersbach, Morsbach, Nümbrecht, Wiehl
Peter Küster
Reichshof, Waldbröl
Jascha Hartmann
