What Protects Us from Too Much Water? Due to the climate crisis, heavy rainfall is increasingly flooding German cities. This threatens lives and incurs billions of euros in damages. Outdated plans and unclear responsibilities have so far hindered effective flood protection. To change this, better coordination between authorities is needed. Additionally, flood protection must be
Groundwater: Measures for Sustainable Use of a Contested Resource How can authorities and water utilities develop sustainable measures for protecting and utilizing groundwater when many framework conditions are uncertain? This question is central in the context of climate change, increasing demands for water use, and growing awareness of environmental issues. Fanny and Linda talk about
“Water is a burning issue for people.” An ethnographic analysis of regulated water policy in Frankfurt am Main and its significance for regional usage conflicts This work centers on the drinking water supply in Frankfurt am Main and the associated conflicts of use. Special significance is given to the regions of Vogelsberg and Hessisches Ried,
Our team member Linda Söller has contributed to a recent study investigating how groundwater models are used in developing Groundwater Sustainability Plans (GSPs) under California’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act (SGMA). The research highlights both the benefits and challenges of incorporating these models into stakeholder-driven planning processes.
Our colleague Dženeta, Ognjen Kojanić, Katarina Kušić welcome abstracts for their Special Issue “Political Ecologies of Southeastern Europe: Legacies, Transformations, and Futures”, to be published in Southeastern Europe (Brill/Schöningh).
In this thesis, three moments of (drinking) water infrastructuring connected to the Elbaue-Ostharz long-distance water network are described.
This thesis examines the negotiation of groundwater futures in the Mansfeld-Südharz district in Germany, initiated by the junior research group regulate. As part of the research, qualitative, guideline based interviews were conducted with stakeholders in groundwater management in Mansfeld-Südharz and with researchers from regulate.
The research group has investigated how increasing water demand can be met with the help of sustainable water management strategy.
Dženeta will join the conference “Making and Doing Transformations” in Amsterdam from July 16th to July 19th, organized by the Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) and the European Association for the Study of Science and Technology (EASST). She will present major findings of her PhD and ‘regulate’ project in two talks.
More transfers of water over long-distances are prepared across Germany to ensure drinking water supply security in times of droughts and peak drinking water demands on hot summer days. Originally, such transfers were meant as an exception for e.g. metropolitan areas with high industrial and public water demand and unfavourable local water resources. Today, already 20% of Germans are supplied with water imported from other administrative areas or hydrological basins.
