Gerrit Seewald

An internet-based groundwater information system

The management of groundwater resources for the supply of German cities and suburban areas has become a matter of public interest during the last years. Negative headlines in the Rhein-Main-Area newspapers dealt with cracks in buildings as well as damaged woodlands and inundated agriculture areas as an effect of varying groundwater levels. The management of groundwater is a difficult and sensitive topic for all involved groups, especially the different water supply companies, the consultant engineers, the scientists and the governmental agencies. On initiative of the Darmstadt University of Technology, these groups co-operate on the development of a network-based information system for an efficient groundwater management. Therefore tools for collection, storage, evaluation and visualisation of groundwater-relevant information using network-based technologies have been analysed and implemented. The actual status of this project can be referred at: http://www.grundwasser-online.de