Please ensure that you send your notification to the responsible water authority.
The respective local regional councils are responsible as higher water authorities if the notification relates to a company site on which at least one installation exists or is planned,
- which is subject to the EU Industrial Emissions Directive (installation in Annex 1 column d of the Ordinance on Installations Subject to Authorisation, marked with the letter E),
- which constitutes an operating area pursuant to Section 3 (5a) of the Federal Immission Control Act (hazardous incident facility) or
- which is subject to authorisation pursuant to Section 60 (3) sentence 1 numbers 2 and 3 of the Federal Water Act.
In all other cases
in an urban district: the city administration,
in a rural district: the district administration,
as the lower water authority.