Grundwasserbohrung (Erdaufschluss) für geothermische Nutzung beantragen

• § 8 i.V. m. § 9 Abs. 2 Wasserhaushaltsgesetz (WHG) - Erlaubnis zur Gewässerbenutzung
• § 49 Wasserhaushaltsgesetz (WHG) – Erdaufschlüsse
• § 41 Sächsisches Wassergesetz (SächsWG) – Erdaufschlüsse
• § 8-17 Geologiedatengesetz (GeolDG) – geophysikalische Untersuchungen - Anzeige geologischer Untersuchungen und Übermittlung von geologischen Daten an die zuständige Behörde, anzeige- und übermittlungsverpflichtete Personen, Frist und Form für die Übermittlung (Link: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/geoldg/)
• § 127 Bundesberggesetz (BBergG) - Bohrungen (Link: https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/bbergg/)

If you are planning to excavate the ground for geothermal utilisation, you must apply for a permit from the relevant water authority. In general, work that reaches into the groundwater must be reported to the authority in advance. Drilling and trenching work that does not reach the groundwater must also be notified. There are no exceptions with regard to depth, as even shallow boreholes can provide important geological findings on the one hand, but can also contain potential hazards on the other.

Retain drilling samples

You must take and store drilling samples and other observation material in accordance with certain specifications and offer them to the Saxon State Office for the Environment, Agriculture and Geology and the responsible lower water authority (at the municipal administration or district office) and present them on request.

• detailed site plan with labelling of the number of probes, probe arrangement and spacing of the probes
• test certificate from the probe manufacturer
• further evidence and documents

A detailed list of all required documents can be found in the online portal.

if necessary, consideration of restrictions on drilling in nature conservation areas or through laid cables

Procedural fee: none

Please contact the Saxon Mining Authority or the lower water regulatory authorities to find out what fees they may charge.

Please use the online procedure ELBA.SAX (online application / forms) for your application for permission to drill a groundwater well (exploration) for geothermal utilisation.

• Your application will be forwarded via the online portal to the responsible lower water authority and, on the basis of the Geological Data Act, to the State Office for the Environment, Agriculture and Geology (LfULG) and, if applicable, the Saxon Mining Authority (responsible, among other things, for boreholes that reach deeper than 100 m underground). This means that you only have to submit the application/notification once and not individually to the various authorities.
• As a rule, you will receive the letters from the authorities electronically via the online portal ELBA.SAX to the e-mail address provided, in some cases also by post.

Note: If you commission well builders or a geological engineering firm, they will in most cases make the necessary notifications to the authorities for you.

Commencement of work: after authorisation has been granted

Information on the appeal can be found in the notice.