If you take water from a surface water body or groundwater, or extract or divert groundwater, or drain groundwater, you will have to pay a fee for this.
Certain persons and companies that discharge wastewater or operate wastewater treatment plants are obliged to appoint one or more company officers for water protection.
A wastewater charge is levied for discharging wastewater into surface water or groundwater. The wastewater charge you pay can be offset against certain investments you have made if certain conditions are met.
Operators of a heating oil consumer system must report the construction and operation. This notification obligation applies to heating oil consumer systems in private households if they are located within water protection or flood areas.
If you want to discharge commercial wastewater into a public wastewater plant or sewer system, you need a permit. Under certain conditions, the competent authority may allow you to start discharging before you have received approval.
If you want to discharge wastewater (wastewater or stormwater) into a public wastewater plant or sewer system, you usually have to apply for a permit in advance.
If you want to discharge commercial wastewater into a private wastewater plant or sewer system, you need a permit. Under certain conditions, the competent authority may allow you to start discharging before you have received approval.
If you want to build, operate or significantly change a facility for storing, filling or handling water-polluting substances, you must first submit an application to the responsible authority to determine the suitability of the facility.
If you want to infiltrate pre-treated wastewater from a small sewage treatment plant or discharge it into a surface water body, you must apply for a water law permit from the responsible water authority.
If you want to build, shut down or make significant changes to a manure, liquid manure and silage seepage plant (JGS plant), you must notify the responsible authority in advance.
Would you like to discharge commercial wastewater into a private wastewater plant and be exempt from the permit requirement? You must then submit an application for exemption from the approval requirement to the responsible authority.
If you want to set up an expert organization for dealing with water-polluting substances, you must first apply for recognition from the responsible authority.
If you discharge wastewater into a body of water, you must pay a tax under certain conditions. To calculate the levy, you may need to submit data and associated documents to the responsible authority.
If you want to build a facility for substances hazardous to water, make significant changes to it or take measures that affect the hazard level, you must notify the responsible authority.
Developed plots of land are to be connected directly (without building encumbrance) to the public sewage system via a separate underground line or via another plot of land (with building encumbrance) using a separate or shared underground line.
If you want to build or significantly modify a heating oil consumer system or take measures that result in a change in the hazard level, you must notify us.
If you want to change a discharge from a small sewage treatment plant for which you have a water law permit, you must apply to the responsible authority for a permit change.
You must notify the responsible authority under certain conditions of any change in the location, condition or operation of a wastewater treatment plant.
Specialist wastewater disposal companies must demonstrate in an approval procedure under the Hamburg Wastewater Act that they have the necessary expertise, equipment and vehicles.
