The safe supply of drinking and process water requires responsible and sustainable use of our water resources. Our hydrogeology, geophysics, hydrodynamics and isotope hydrology investigations provide a sound basis for the exploration, exploitation and conservation of this valuable asset. We apply an integrated management approach and state-of-the-art scientific and technological methods for qualitative and quantitative monitoring to avoid potential overuse and to minimise anthropogenic impact on surface and groundwater bodies.

We offer the following services:

• Exploration and protection of drinking water resources:
  • Measurement of hydrogeological parameters of different aquifers
  • Prospection for drinking water supply – identifi. of potential drinking water
          sources
  • Borehole siting for groundwater exploration
  • Tracer tests for the recommendation of protection areas
  • Identification and delineation of protection areas
  • Determination of groundwater age and recharge
    
    

• Water resources management:
  • GIS-based risk analysis and scenario assessment
  • Development of spatial object-oriented groundwater models
  • FE groundwater modelling and visualisation
  • Development of forecast models for the sustainable use of deep
           groundwater
    
    

• Water quality:
  • Measurement and assessment of chemical and microbiological water
           quality
  • Development of chemical and microbiological drinking water tests
  • Calculation and assessment of water mixability
    
    

• Water isotopes and environmental tracers:
  • Tracer tests for determining hydrodynamic discharge
  • Determination of groundwater source and catchment areas
  • Determination of groundwater age and residence times
  • Detection and quantification of exchange processes between groundwater
           and surface water – mixing models
    
    

• Groundwater measurements for determining aquifer properties:
  
  • Borehole geophysics for characterising aquifer properties – borehole logging
  • Measurement of flow direction and velocity using a colloidal borescope
  • Groundwater monitoring for measuring quantitative and qualitative properties
  • Surface geophysics for determining the geological structure of the
           subsurface
    
    

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