Water Flows in Germany
Period: October 2011 - December 2012
Supported by: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF), Berlin
Cooperation Partners:
- Federal Institute of Hydrology (BfG), Koblenz
- keep it balanced, Dr. Florian Keil, Berlin
Involved IÖW employees:
Dr. Jesko Hirschfeld (Project leader IÖW), Ulrich Petschow, Jana Gebauer, Dr. Christian Dietsche, Richard Harnisch, André Schröder
Description
The aim of the research project is to capture the water flows in Germany in an integrative analysis and in innovative ways. "Water flows" in this sense mean not only the hydrological processes related to natural and artificial watercourses. The project answers the question how much water flows into the natural, economic, and social area of Germany, how and by whom the water is used in which ways, how and in which quantities water leaves the country. Included are natural precipitation, the tributaries of surface water and groundwater flows, but also the indirect imports of virtual water via the import of goods, when water was used for their production abroad.