Organisation & Members

Organisation & Members

The Erftverband is backed by its about 250 members from municipalities, counties, the public water supply, the mining and electricity industry, commercial and industrial enterprises, agriculture and fishery. Membership is regulated by the “Erftverbandsgesetz” and its...
History

History

Founded in 1859 as the “Cooperative for the Melioration of the Erft Basin”, it was later known as the “Erft Cooperative”, then the “Erft Association”. In the year 1958 the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia, by an Act of Parliament, mandated the establishment of...
Wastewater Treatment

Wastewater Treatment

Clean Water is our most important resource and the basis for a healthy environment. It is therefore a major task of the Erftverband to secure the water resources through a sustainable water management and thorough sewage Treatment.The purification of waste water is...
Rivers & Lakes

Rivers & Lakes

Rivers and streams are the lifelines of the landscape. They allow natural interchange between biotopes over large distances. Lakes and smaller standing waters such as pools, ponds and backwaters are home to many species: particularly fish, birds and amphibians such as...
Groundwater

Groundwater

The Erftverband monitors the groundwater conditions in the Lower Rhine Basin, with particular focus on the influence of the Rhineland brown coal mines. The Lower Rhine Bassin, a geological trough, was formed in the Tertiary era (65 to 2.6 million years ago) and...
Function & Duties

Function & Duties

The function and duties of the Erftverband are stipulated by the „Erftverbandsgesetz“:   Research and surveillance of water management conditions within the Rhenish brown coal district Regulation of water runoff including compensation of flow conditions and...