Wasserentnahmeentgelt berechnen und festsetzen

Do you extract water from surface waters or groundwater or pump or discharge groundwater? Then a fee must be paid to the respective federal state.

In Germany, a water abstraction charge can be levied for the abstraction and discharge of water from surface waters, as well as the abstraction, extraction, underground conduction and discharge of groundwater. The individual federal states decide whether and to what extent a water abstraction charge is levied.

There is no uniform regulation in the federal states in which the water abstraction charge is levied.

Water abstraction charges are payable by anyone who withdraws or discharges water from a surface water body or withdraws, extracts, discharges or discharges groundwater.

The amount of the charge is generally based on the medium from which the water was taken (groundwater or surface water), the amount of water and the rate of charge to be applied in each case.

The processing time depends on the quality and scope of the forms and documents submitted.

A water abstraction charge may be levied in 13 out of 16 federal states for the abstraction and discharge of water from surface waters, as well as for the abstraction, extraction, underground transportation and discharge of groundwater.

In Schleswig-Holstein, the lower water authorities in the districts and independent cities are responsible.