The State Reservoir Administration of Saxony Property from Floods

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Publisher: Landestalsperrenverwaltung des Freistaates Sachsen Bahnhofstraße 14, 01796 Pirna, Germany Internet: www.talsperren-sachsen.de Tel.: +49 (0) 3501 796 – 0, Fax: +49 (0) 3501 796-116 E-mail: [email protected] Editors: Press and Public Relations Copy Deadline: February 2007 Photographs: Landestalsperrenverwaltung des Freistaates Sachsen, Kirsten J. Lassig, www.photocase.com Circulation: 1,000 copies Design: Heimrich & Hannot GmbH Printing: Druckfabrik Dresden GmbH Paper: 100 % chlorine free bleached The State Reservoir

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4 10 12 14 18 24 Foreword Organization of the The nerve center On-site expertise: Zwickauer Mulde/ Flood protection and State Reservoir of the State Reservoir The regional works Obere Weiße Elster drinking water supply – 5 Administration of Saxony Administration of Saxony: two examples Stewardship Headquarters in Pirna 14 20 of Saxony’s waters Oberes Elbtal Spree/Neiße 24 Function of the State Reservoir Comprehensive flood protection Administration of Saxony 16 22 for the city of Torgau Freiberger Mulde/ Elbaue/Mulde/ Zschopau Untere Weiße Elster 26 Complex overhaul of the Klingenberg dam

2 Contents 3 Foreword

The first water reservoirs in Saxony were built as Saxony was founded in 1992 as the first public early as 500 years ago. The mining industry was enterprise in Saxony. Since 1994 the State booming. Man-made trenches supplied the mines Reservoir Administration of Saxony has also with water, where it was primarily used for washing overseen maintenance of the state’s rivers, ore and in hammer mills. This led to such things streams and flood protection dykes. as the water storage network for mining (Revier- wasserlaufanstalt) in Freiberg and the Galgenteich Since the flood of August 2002, flood protection reservoir system in Altenberg. in Saxony has enjoyed an especially high priority. After the flood, the State Reservoir Administration Industrialization came to Saxony at the end of the of Saxony was faced with the challenge of repairing 19th century. The population grew – and with it 18,000 cases of damage to more than 3,000 kilome- the need for water. Many dams arose from this ters of Order I watercourses and 12,000 kilometers demand. Building development became especially of Order II watercourses as well as about 130 levee concentrated in the river valleys, forcing people breaches. This enormous project is well into the Stewardship of Saxony’s waters more and more to protect themselves and their advanced stages. Concurrently, flood protection Function of the State Reservoir Administration of Saxony property from floods. Such things as flood control concepts are being implemented. This is a job that reservoirs were constructed for this purpose. will surely span across two decades to be continued by the following generation. Next to North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony has the The State Reservoir Administration of Saxony was Administration of Saxony are defined in the Saxon most dams in Germany. Its 23 drinking water dams founded in 1992 as the first public enterprise in the Water Ordinance. The State Reservoir Administration are able to bridge extended dry periods. Saxony also Free State of Saxony. It is a part of the Saxon State of Saxony is provided a budget by the Saxon state has 33 process water dams as well as more than Ministry for Environment and Agriculture and carries government to perform these duties. Income from 80 additional reservoirs. In order to ensure effective out numerous sovereign duties. These include raw the regional water suppliers covers the costs for operation and management of the Free State’s Ulrich Kraus water supply, watercourse maintenance and flood raw water supply. The State Reservoir Administration facilities, the State Reservoir Administration of Managing Director protection. The duties of the State Reservoir of Saxony employs around 700 people.

4 Foreword Function 5 WORKS OBERES ELBTAL WORKS ELBAUE/MULDE/UNTERE WEISSE ELSTER 20-1 TS Gottleuba 60-1 TS Schömbach 20-2 TS Klingenberg 60-2 TS Windischleuba 60-6 20-3 TS Lehnmühle 60-3 SP Lobstädt Lausitzer Neis 20-4 TS Malter 60-4 SP Witznitz 60-10 20-5 TS Nauleis 60-5 SP Rötha se 60-18 20-6 TS Wallroda 60-6 TS Trossin Spree 20-7 SP Altenberg 60-7 SP Borna Hoyerswerda 20-8 SP Großer Galgenteich 60-8 HRB Regis-Serbitz 70-4 70-5 Weiße Elster 20-9 SP Radeburg I 60-9 HRB Stöhna Wurzen 20-10 SP Radeburg II 60-10 TS Schadebach II 70-3 20-11 TS Kauscha 60-11 TS Döllnitzsee LEIPZIG Mulde arze Elster Riesa 20-10 70-2 20-12 SP Staucha 60-12 HRB Amselgrundbach 60-11 Schw 20-13 HRB Buschbach 60-13 HRB Baderitz/Lüttewitz 60-9 20-12 20-5 20-14 HRB Friedrichswalde/Ottendorf 60-14 HRB Kiebitz-Obersteina 70-6 60-5 60-19 20-9 70-1 20-15 HRB Glashütte 60-15 HRB Möbertitz 60-14 60-20 Bautzen 60-4 60-17 P 60-13 Elbe 70-7 Görlitz 20-16 HRB Liebstadt 60-16 HRB Mochau leiße 60-A 60-15 Meissen 60-3 60-16 70-8 20-17 HRB Mordgrundbach 60-17 HRB Noschkowitz 60-7 60-12 DRESDEN 20-6 WORKS20-18 OBERES HRB Lauenstei ELBTnAL WORKS60-18 ELBAUE/MULDE/UNTER SP Großer Teich Torgau E WEISSE ELSTER 60-8 Freiberger 20-120-19 TS HRB Gottleuba Reinhardtsgrimma 60-160-19 TS HRB Schömbac Schrebitzh 60-2 20-11 in Planung 20-2 TS Klingenberg 60-260-20 TS HRB Windischleuba Zschochau M Freital ulde Pirna 60-6 WORKS20-3 FREIBERGER TS Lehnmühle MULDE/ZSCHOPAU 60-3 SP Lobstädt 60-1 20-4 20-2 Lausitzer Neis 20-430-1 TSTS MalterCranzahl WORKS60-4 SPREE/NEI SP Witznitz SSE Freiberg üglitz 60-10 20-19 M 20-14 Zittau 20-530-2 TSTS NauleiEinsiedels 60-570-1 SPTS RöthaBautzen 30-12 30-11 se 60-18 20-630-3 TSTS WaLichtenbergllroda WORKS OBERES60-670-2 TSTS ELBT TrNebelschützossiALn WORKS ELBAUE/MULDE/UNTERE WEISSE ELSTER Zwickauer Mulde 30-10 30-16 20-1 Spree 20-A 20-16 20-7 SP Altenberg 20-1 TS60-7 Gottleuba SP Borna 60-1 TS Schömbach CHEMNITZ 30-17 20-15 30-4 TS Neunzehnhain I 70-3 TS Quitzdorf 40-15 30-B 20-3 20-13Hoyerswerda 30-2 30-13 30-3 20-17 20-830-5 SPTS GroßerNeunzehnhain Galgenteic II h 20-2 TS60-8 70-4Klingenberg HRBSP Knappenrode Regis-Serbitz 60-2 TS Windischleuba 30-14 70-4 30-D 60-6 70-5 20-3 TS Lehnmühle 60-3 SP Lobstädt Weiße Elster 40-7 30-C30-15 20-7 20-18 20-930-6 SPTS RadeburgRauschenbach I 60-970-5 HRBSP Lohsa Stöhna I 20-8 Lausitzer Neis 20-4 TS Malter 60-4 SP Witznitz Zwickau Wurzen 30-4 30-A 20-1030-7 TSSP SaidenbachRadeburg II 60-1070-6 HRBTS Schadebach Goeda II 30-7 30-6 60-10 20-5 TS Nauleis 60-5 SP Rötha 30-9 se 20-1130-8 RWTS KauschaA Dittmannsdorfer Teich 60-1170-7 HRBTS Döllnitzsee Karlsdorf Werdau 40-12 30-5 60-18 70-3 WORKS OBERES ELBTAL StaWORKSte Re20-6 s ELBAUE/MULDE/UNTERTSe Warvoillrodar AdministraE tWEISSEion of ELSTE SaxonyR 60-6 TS Trossin LEIPZIG Mulde 30-8 arze Elster Spree State Reservoir Admini40-1 stration 20-1230-9 RWSP StauchaA Dörnthaler Teich 60-1270-8 HRB SchmöllnAmselgrundbach Riesa 20-10 70-2 20-1 TS Gottleuba 20-760-1 SP TS Altenberg Schömbach 60-7 SP Borna 60-11 Schw Hoyerswerda 20-13 HRB Buschbach 60-13 HRB Baderitz/Lüttewitz 40-6 20-2 TS30-10 Klingenberg RWA Erzengler Teich 20-860-2 SP TS HRBGroßer Windischleuba Rennersdorf Galgenteich (planned) 60-8 HRB Regis-Serbitz 60-9 70-4 70-5 of Saxony 40-14 Aue Annaberg-20-12 20-1430-11 HRBRWA Friedrichswalde/Ottendor Hüttenteich f 20-9 SP60-14 Radeburg HRB I Kiebitz-Obersteina 60-9 HRB Stöhna 20-5 Weiße Elster 20-3 TS Lehnmühle 60-3 SP Lobstädt 40-10 40-A 60-6 60-19 20-9 70-6 70-1 60-5 Buchholz Wurzen WORKS OBERES ELBT20-1530-12 HRBRWALA Glashütte Konstantinteich WORKS ELBAUE/MULDE/UNTER20-10 SP60-15 Radeburg HRB IIMöbertitzE WEISSE ELSTER 60-10 TS Schadebach II 60-14 60-20 Bautzen 20-4 TS Malter 60-4 SP Witznitz Lausitzer Neis 20-1 TS Gottleuba 60-1 TS 20-11Schömbac TS Kauschah 60-11 TS Döllnitzsee P 60-440-4 60-17 70-7 Görlitz 70-3 20-1630-13 HRBRWA Liebstadt Mittlerer Großhartmannsdorfer Teich 60-16 HRB Mochau le 60-10 60-13 Meissen Elbe LEIPZIG Mulde arze Elster WORKS OBERES ELBTAL 20-5 TS Nauleis WORKS ELBAUE/MULDE/UNTERE WEISSE60-5 SP ELSTE RöthaR Plauen iße 60-40-11A 60-15 20-2 TS Klingenberg 60-2 TS 20-12Windischleuba SP Staucha 60-12 HRB Amselgrundbach 40-5 60-3 60-16 70-8 Riesa se 20-10 70-2 20-1 TS Gottleuba 20-1730-14 HRBRWA Mordgrundbac Oberer Großhartmannsdorferh Te60-1ich TS Schömbach 60-17 HRB Noschkowitz 40-13 60-7 60-1830-1 60-11 Schw 20-6 TS Wallroda 60-6 TS Trossin 60-12 20-6 Spree 20-3 TS Lehnmühle 60-3 SP 20-13Lobstädt HRB Buschbach 60-13 HRB Baderitz/Lüttewitz 60-6 DRESDEN 60-9 20-2 TS Klingenberg 20-1830-15 HRBRWA Lauenstei Obersaidaern Teich 60-2 TS Windischleuba 60-18 SP Großer Teich Torgau Freiberger 20-12 20-7 SP Altenberg 20-1460-7 HRB SP Friedrichswalde/OttendorBorna f 60-14 HRB Kiebitz-Obersteina 40-9 60-8 20-5 20-4 TS Malter 60-4 SP Witznitz W 60-6 Hoyerswerda 60-19Lausitzer Neis 20-9 70-6 70-1 20-3 TS Lehnmühle 20-1930-16 HRBRWA Reinhardtsgrimma Rothbächer Teich 60-3 SP Lobstädt 60-19 HRB Schrebitz ei 60-5 20-8 SP 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Freiberger 20-7 SP Altenberg 30-1 TS Cranzahl 60-7 SP Borna WORKS SPREE/NEISSE Freiberg 20-2 60-8 Drinking water 70-3transfer lines WORKS OBERES ELBTAL WORKS20-11 TS KauschaZWICKAUERWORKS ELBAUE/MULDE/UNTER MULDE/OBERE WEISSEE WEISSEELSTER ELSTER 60-11 TS Döllnitzsee LEIPZIG Mulde üglitz Hoyerswerda 20-8 SP Großer Galgenteich 60-8 HRB20-19 Regis-Serbitz HRB Reinhardtsgrimma 60-19 HRB Schrebitz 20-19 M arze70-4 Elster 20-8 SP Großer Galgenteich 60-8 HRB Regis-Serbitz 20-14 70-470-5 Zittau 20-1 TS Gottleuba 20-12 30-2SP40-1 Staucha TSTS EinsiedelAmselbach60-1 TS Schömbach 60-12 70-1HRB AmselgrundbachTS Bautzen Riesa Oberes Elbtal20-10 70-2 70-5 Process water transfer lines 20-11 in Planung 20-9 SP Radeburg I 60-9 HRB Stöhna 60-20 HRB Zschochau Weiße Elster W 60-11 30-12 30-11 Schw60-2 Freital 20-9 SP Radeburg I 60-9 HRB Stöhna eiße Elster M 20-2 TS Klingenberg 20-13 30-3HRB40-2 Buschbach TSTS LichtenbergCarlsfel60-2d TS Windischleuba 60-13 70-2HRB Baderitz/LüttewitzTS Nebelschütz Zwickauer Mulde 30-16 20-1 ulde Pirna 30-10 Spree/Neiße 20-10 SP Radeburg20-10 II SP Radeburg II 60-10 TS Schadebach II 60-10WORKS TS Schadebach FREIBERGER II MULDE/ZSCHOPAU 60-9 Wurzen Wurzen 20-A 20-16 60-1 CHEMNITZ 20-1230-17 20-5 20-15 20-4 20-3 TS Lehnmühle 20-14 30-4HRB40-3 Friedrichswalde/Ottendor TSTS NeunzehnhainDröda60-3 SP Lobstädt I f 60-14 70-3HRB Kiebitz-ObersteinaTS Quitzdorf 60-6 40-15 30-B 20-13 RIVERS70-6 AND STREAMS 20-2 20-11 TS Kauscha20-11 TS Kauscha 60-11 TS Döllnitzsee 60-11 TS30-1 Döllnitzsee TS Cranzahl WORKS SPREE/NEISSE LEIPZIG 30-13 Elbaue/Mulde/Untere20-3 Weiße Elster 70-370-3 Freiberg üglitz LEIPZIG Mulde Mulde60-19 20-9 arze20-17 Elster arze Elster 70-1 20-4 TS Malter 30-540-4 TSTS NeunzehnhainEibenstock60-4 SP Witznitz II 70-4 SP Knappenrode 60-5 30-2 60-20 30-3 Lausitzer Neis 20-19 M 20-12 SP Staucha 20-15 HRB Glashütte 60-12 HRB Amselgrundbach 60-15 HRB Möbertitz 60-14 30-D 30-14Riesa 20-10 70-2 BautzeOrdern I rivers and streams 20-14 Zittau 20-12 SP 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Zwickauer Mulde 70-8 20-8 20-1ei 60-3 60-16 30-1030-D30-16WORK30-14 S ß 40-2 LTV TRANSFER LINES (selection) 20-17 HRB Mordgrundbach 60-17 HRB Noschkowitz 40-7 30-4 30-A 20-7 e 40-8 30-6 TS Rauschenbach 30-7 TS Saidenbach 70-5 SP Lohsa I 70-6 HRB Goeda 60-7 Zwickau 30-C30-1520-A 30-6 20-16 20-18 Elster 30-17 RWA Unterer Großhartmannsdorfer Teich 60-12 CHEMNITDRESDEZ N 20-6 30-17 30-7 20-15 40-320-8 30-4 TS Neunzehnhain I 70-3 TS Quitzdorf 40-15 30-B30-9 Freiberger Mulde/Zschopau Drinking water transfer lines 20-18 HRB Lauenstein 30-7 TS Saidenbach 60-18 SP Großer Teich Torgau70-6 HRB Goeda WerdaFreibergeru Zwickau 30-5 30-4 20-330-A 20-13 WORKS WORKS OBERES ELBTALLTV TRANSFER LINES (selection) WORKSWORKS30-8 RW A ZWICKAUERELBAUE/MULDE/UNTER Dittmannsdorfer MULDE/OBERE Teich E WEISSE WEISSE ELSTE ELSTER R 70-7 HRB Karlsdorf 60-8 40-1230-2 30-13 30-730-3 30-6 20-17 30-5 TS NeunzehnhainTS = dam II 70-4 SP Knappenrode 40-1 30-830-9 20-19 HRB Reinhardtsgrimma 30-8 RWA Dittmannsdorfer Teich 60-19 HRB Schrebitz 70-7 HRB Karlsdorf Werdau 30-40-12D 30-14 30-5 Oberes Elbtal Process water transfer lines 20-1 TS Gottleuba 30-9 RW40-160-1A DörnthalerTS TS Amselbach Schömbac Teichh 70-8 HRB Schmölln 40-7 40-1 30-820-7 Freiberger Mulde/Zschopau Drinking water transfer lines 30-6 TS RauschenbachSP = reservoir 70-5WORKS SP Lohsa ZWICKAUER I MULDE/OBERE WEISSE ELSTER 20-11 30-C30-15 20-18 in Planung 30-9 RWA Dörnthaler Teich 60-20 HRB Zschochau 70-8 HRB Schmölln 60-2 40-6Freital 20-8 20-2 TS Klingenberg 30-10 40-2RW60-2HRBA TS =ErzenglerTS Flood Carlsfel Windischleuba control Ted ich reservoir 40-1HRB TS Rennersdorf Amselbach (planned) M 30-A Spree/Neiße Oberes Elbtal Process water transfer lines 30-7 TS Saidenbach 70-6 HRB Goeda Zwickauulde 40-6 30-4 30-10 RWA Erzengler Teich HRB Rennersdorf (planned) 40-14 Aue Annaberg-Pirna30-7 30-6 40-3RWA TS = Wa Drödater storage network for mining (Revierwasserlaufanstalt) 60-6 40-14 Aue 30-9Annaberg- RIVERS AND STREAMS 20-3 TSWORKS Lehnmühl FREIBERGERe MULDE/ZSCHOPAU 30-11 RW60-3A HüttenteichSP Lobstädt 40-2 TS Carlsfeld 60-1 Werda40-10 u 40-A40-1220-4 30-5 Spree/Neiße 30-11 RWA Hüttenteich30-8 RWA Dittmannsdorfer Teich 70-7 HRB Karlsdorf 40-10 40-A Buchholz Elbaue/Mulde/Untere Weiße Elster 40-4 TS Eibenstock 40-3 TS Dröda Freiberg40-1 20-2 Buchhol30-8z Lausitzer Neis 20-4 TS Malter30-1 TS CranzahlRIVERS AND STREAMS 30-12 RW60-4A KonstantinteicSPWORKS Witznitz SPREE/NEIh SSE üglitz Order I rivers and streams Elbaue/Mulde/Untere Weiße Elster 30-12 RWA Konstantinteic30-9 RWhA Dörnthaler Teich 70-8 HRB Schmölln 40-4 20-19 M 40-4 TS Eibenstock 60-10 40-4 20-14 Zwickauer Mulde/ObereZittau Weiße Elster 20-5 TS Naulei30-2s TS Einsiedel 30-13 RWA Mittlerer Großhartmannsdorfer30-13 40-5RW60-5A TS MittlererSP Te Falkenstei Röthaich 70-1 Großhartmannsdorfer nTS Bautzen Teich Order I rivers and streams 30-10 RWA Erzengler Teich HRB Rennersdorf (planned) Plauen Plaue30-12n 40-630-11 40-11 40-11 se Federal water ways Zwickauer Mulde/Obere Weiße Elster 40-5 TS Falkenstein 60-18 40-5 40-5 30-1 30-1 20-6 TS Wallroda30-3 TS Lichtenberg 30-14 RWA Oberer Großhartmannsdorfer30-14 40-6RW60-6A TS Oberer TSTe icKlingerbach Trh ossi Großhartmannsdorfer70-2n TS Nebelschütz Teich Zwickauer Mulde 40-1430-10 30-1640-13 Aue Annaberg-20-1 Spree Federal water ways 40-13 20-A 30-11 RWA Hüttenteich 40-6 TS Klingerbach CHEMNIT40-10Z 40-A Buchhol20-16 z DAMS 20-7 SP Altenberg30-4 TS Neunzehnhain I 30-15 RWA Obersaidaer Teic30-15h 40-7RW60-7A TS ObersaidaerSP Koberbach Borna70-3 TeTSic Quitzdorh f 30-1740-930-B 20-15 30-12 RWA Konstantinteich 40-7 TS Koberbach 40-15 40-9 W 20-3 Hoyerswerd20-13 a Towns DAMS 30-16 RWA Rothbächer Teich W 30-13 ei 20-17 20-8 SP Großer30-5 Galgenteic TS Neunzehnhainh II 40-860-8 TS HRB Muldenberg Regis-Serbitz70-4 SP Knappenrode 030-2 ei 40-425 ß 30-3 50k40-2m Drinking water dams or reservoirs Towns 30-16 RWA Rothbächer Teich e 40-8 70-4 0 25 50km Drinking water dams or reservoirs 30-13 RWA Mittlerer Großhartmannsdorfer Teich 40-8 TS Muldenberg 30-D ß 30-14 Elster 40-2 70-5 30-17 RWA Unterer Großhartmannsdorfer Teich e 40-3 40-8 40-11 20-9 SP Radeburg I 40-960-9 TS HRB Pirk Stöhna Weiße Elster 40-7 Plauen 40-3 30- ElsterC30-15 20-7 20-18 30-6 TS Rauschenbach 30-17 RWA Unterer 70-5Großhartmannsdorfer SP Lohsa I Teich 40-9 TS Pirk 40-5 20-830-1 WORKS Process water dams or reservoirs LTV TRANSFER LINES (selection) Process water dams or reservoirs 30-14 RWA Oberer Großhartmannsdorfer Teich 40-13 30-7 TS Saidenbach 40-10 TS Pöhl70-6 HRB Goeda ZwickaWurzeu n 30-4 30-A 30-6 WORKS LTV TRANSFER LINES (selection) 20-10 SP Radeburg II 60-10 TS Schadebach II 40-10 TS Pöhl Publisher: State30-7 Reservoir30-9 Administration of Saxony (LTV). Source FloodFreiberger control Publisher:Mulde/Zschopau reservoirs State Reservoir Administration of SaxonyDrinking (LTV). Sourcewater transfer lines Flood control reservoirs WORKS ZWICKAUER30-15 MULDE/OBERE RWA Obersaidaer WEISSE Teich ELSTER Werdau 40-9 30-5 20-11 TS Kauscha30-8 RWA Dittmannsdorfer Teich 40-1160-11 TS TS Sosa Döllnitzsee70-7 HRB Karlsdorf 40-11 TS Sosa LEIPZIG 40-12 ofW technical data: Saxon State Office for the Environment and Geology Freiberger Mulde/Zschopau70-3of technical data: Saxon State Office for the EnvironmentDrinking and Geology water transfer lines 40-1 TS Amselbach30-16WORKS RWA Rothbächer ZWICKAUER Teich MULDE/OBERE WEISSE ELSTER 40-1Mulde ei 30-8 arze Elster Oberes Elbtal Process water transfer lines andß State Reservoir Administration40-2 Saxony. Updated: 2007 Flood controland State reservoirs Reservoir (planned Administration) Saxony. Updated: 2007 Flood control reservoirs (planned20-12 SP) Staucha30-9 RWA Dörnthaler Teich 40-1260-12 TS HRB Stollberg Amselgrundbach70-8 HRB Schmölln 40-12 TS Stollberg Riesae 40-8 20-10 70-2 40-2 TS Carlsfeld 40-1 TS Amselbach 60-1140-3 Elster Schw OberesSpree/Neiße Elbtal Process water transfer lines 30-17 RWA Unterer Großhartmannsdorfer Teich 40-13 TS Werda 40-13 TS Werda 40-6 RIVERS AND STREAMS 20-13 HRB Buschbach30-10 RWA Erzengler Teich 40-3 TS Dröda 40-2 TS60-13 Carlsfel HRBd Baderitz/LüttewitzHRB Rennersdorf (planned) 60-9 WORKS Elbaue/Mulde/Untere Weiße Elster LTV TRANSFER LINES (selection) 40-14 TS Wolfersgrün 40-14 Aue Annaberg-20-12 Spree/Neiße 30-11 RWA Hüttenteich 40-4 TS Eibenstock 40-14 TS Wolfersgrün 20-5 20-14 HRB Friedrichswalde/Ottendorf 40-3 TS60-14 Dröda HRB Kiebitz-Obersteina 40-10 40-A Buchholz 70-6 Freiberger Mulde/Zschopau RIVERSDrinkingOrder AND water I riversSTREAMS transfer and streams lines WORKS ZWICKAUER MULDE/OBERE WEISSE ELSTER 40-15 SP Crimmitschau 60-5 60-19 20-9 70-1 Elbaue/Mulde/UntereZwickauer Mulde/Obere Weiße Weiße Elster Elster 20-15 HRB Glashütte30-12 RWA Konstantinteich 40-5 TS Falkenstein 40-1560-15 SP HRB Crimmitschau Möbertitz 60-14 60-20 Bautzen Federal water ways 40-4 TS Eibenstock Order I rivers and streams 40-6 TS Klingerbach40-1 TS Amselbach 60-4 40-4 60-17 Oberes Elbtal Process water transfer lines 20-16 HRB Liebstadt30-13 RWA Mittlerer Großhartmannsdorfer Teich 60-16 HRB Mochau Ple 60-13 Meissen Elbe 70-7 Zwickauer Mulde/ObereGörlit Wzeiße Elster 40-5 TS Falkenstein Plauen iße 60-A 40-11 60-15 DAMS 40-7 TS Koberbach40-2 TS Carlsfeld 40-5 70-8 Federal water ways 30-14 RWA Oberer Großhartmannsdorfer Teich 60-3 30-1 60-16 Spree/Neiße Towns 20-17 HRB Mordgrundbach 40-6 TS60-17 Klingerbach HRB Noschkowitz 60-7 40-13 0 25 20-650km Drinking water dams or reservoirs 40-8 TS Muldenberg40-3 TS Dröda 60-12 DRESDEN RIVERS AND STREAMS 20-18 HRB Lauenstei30-15 RWn A Obersaidaer Teich 60-18 SP Großer Teich Torgau TS = dam DAMS 40-9 TS Pirk 40-7 TS Koberbach 40-960-8 Freiberger Elbaue/Mulde/UntereProcess water Weiße dams Elster or reservoirs 40-4 TS EibenstockTS = dam SP = reservoir W Towns 30-16 RWA Rothbächer Teich ei Order I rivers and streams 20-19 HRB Reinhardtsgrimma 40-10 TS Pöhl 40-8 TS60-19 Muldenberg HRB Schrebitz HRB = Flood control reservoir ß 0 25 50km Drinking water dams or reservoirs SP = reservoir e 40-2 Publisher: State Reservoir Administration of Saxony (LTV). Source Zwickauer Mulde/ObereFlood control Wreservoirseiße Elster 40-5 TS Falkenstein 40-8 in Planung 30-17 RWA Unterer Großhartmannsdorfer40-11 Teic hTS Sosa 60-20 HRB Zschochau RWA = Water storage network for mining (Revierwasserlaufanstalt) 40-3 60-2Elster of technical data:Freita Saxonl State20-11 Office for the Environment and Geology Federal water ways 40-9 TSHRB Pirk = Flood control reservoir M Process water dams or reservoirs 40-6 TS Klingerbach andulde State Reservoir Administration Saxony. Updated:Pirna 2007 Flood control reservoirs (planned) 40-12 TS Stollberg WORKS LTV TRANSFER LINES (selection) WORKS FREIBERGER MULDE/ZSCHOPAU 40-10 RWTS APöhl = Water storage network for mining (Revierwasserlaufanstalt) 60-1 Publisher: State Reservoir Administration20-4 of Saxony (LTV). Source DAMS Flood control reservoirs 40-13 TS Werda 40-7 TS Koberbach Freiberg 20-2 Freiberger Mulde/Zschopau Drinking water transfer lines Towns 30-1 TSWORKS Cranzahl ZWICKAUER MULDE/OBERE WEISSE ELSTER WORKS40-11 TS SosaSPREE/NEISSE 0 of technical data:25 Saxon State Office5 0kform the Environmentüglitz and Geology 40-14 TS Wolfersgrün40-8 TS Muldenberg 20-19 M Drinking water dams or reservoirs and State Reservoir AdministrationOberes Saxony. Elbtal Updated: 200720-14 FloodProcess control Zittauwater reservoirs transfer (planned lines ) 30-2 TS Einsiedel40-1 TS Amselbach 40-15 SP Crimmitschau 40-12 TS70-1 Stollberg TS Bautzen 30-12 30-11 40-9 TS Pirk Process water dams or reservoirs 30-3 TS Lichtenberg40-2 TS Carlsfeld 40-13 TS70-2 W erdaTS Nebelschütz Zwickauer Mulde 30-10 30-16 20-1 20-A Spree/Neiße 40-10 TS Pöhl CHEMNITPublisher:Z State Reservoir Administration of Saxony (LTV).20-16 Source 30-4 TS Neunzehnhain40-3 TS Dröda I 40-14 TS70-3 Wo TSlfersgrün Quitzdorf 30-17 30-B 20-15 RIVERSFlood control AND reservoirs STREAMS 40-15 20-3Elbaue/Mulde/Untere W20-13eiße Elster 40-11 TS Sosa 6 of30-2 technical data: 30-13Saxon State Office30-3 for the Environment and 20-17Geology 30-5 TS Neunzehnhain40-4 TS Eibenstock II 40-15 SP70-4 Crimmitschau SP Knappenrode OVERVIEW MAP 7 and State30- DReservoir30-14 Administration Saxony. Updated: 2007 Flood controlOrder reservoirs I rivers (planned and streams) TS = dam 40-12 TS Stollberg 40-7 30-C30-15 Zwickauer20-7 Mulde/Obere20-18 Weiße Elster 30-6 TS Rauschenbach40-5 TS Falkenstein SP = reservoir 70-5 SP Lohsa I 20-8 Federal water ways 40-13 TS Werda 30-7 TS Saidenbach HRB = Flood control reservoir 70-6 HRB Goeda Zwickau 30-4 30-A 30-6 40-6 TS Klingerbach 30-7 30-9 RWA = Water storage40-14 network TS Wo forlfersgrün mining (Revierwasserlaufanstalt) Werdau DAMS 30-8 RWA Dittmannsdorfer40-7 TS Koberbach Teich 70-7 HRB Karlsdorf 40-12 30-5 40-15 SP Crimmitschau 40-1 30-8 Towns TS = dam 0 25 50km Drinking water dams or reservoirs 30-9 RWA Dörnthaler40-8 TS MuldenbergTeich 70-8 HRB Schmölln SP = reservoir 40-6 30-10 RWA Erzengler40-9 TS TePirkich HRB Rennersdorf (planned) Process water dams or reservoirs HRB = Flood control reservoir 40-14 Aue Annaberg- 30-11 RWA Hüttenteich40-10 TS Pöhl RWA = Water storage network for mining (Revierwasserlaufanstalt) Publisher:40-10 State Reservoir40- AdministrationA of Saxony (LTV). Source Flood control reservoirs Buchholz 30-12 RWA Konstantinteic40-11 TS Sosah of technical data: Saxon State Office for the Environment and Geology TS = dam 40-4 and State Reservoir Administration Saxony. Updated: 2007 Flood control reservoirs (planned) 30-13 RWA Mittlerer40-12 TS Großhartmannsdorfer Stollberg Teich SP = reservoir Plauen 40-11 40-5 30-1 30-14 RWA Oberer40-13 GroßhartmannsdorferTS Werda Teich HRB = Flood control reservoir 40-13 RWA = Water storage network for mining (Revierwasserlaufanstalt) 30-15 RWA Obersaidaer40-14 TS Wo Telfersgrünich 40-9W ei 30-16 RWA Rothbächer40-15 SP Crimmitschau Teich ß 40-2 e 40-8 40-3 Elster 30-17 RWA Unterer Großhartmannsdorfer Teich WORKS LTV TRANSFER LINES (selection) Freiberger Mulde/Zschopau Drinking water transfer lines WORKS ZWICKAUER MULDE/OBERE WEISSE ELSTER TS = dam 40-1 TS Amselbach Oberes Elbtal Process water transfer lines SP = reservoir 40-2 TS Carlsfeld Spree/Neiße HRB = Flood control reservoir RIVERS AND STREAMS 40-3 TS DrödaRWA = Water storage network for mining (Revierwasserlaufanstalt) Elbaue/Mulde/Untere Weiße Elster 40-4 TS Eibenstock Order I rivers and streams Zwickauer Mulde/Obere Weiße Elster 40-5 TS Falkenstein Federal water ways 40-6 TS Klingerbach DAMS 40-7 TS Koberbach Towns 0 25 50km Drinking water dams or reservoirs 40-8 TS Muldenberg 40-9 TS Pirk Process water dams or reservoirs 40-10 TS Pöhl Publisher: State Reservoir Administration of Saxony (LTV). Source Flood control reservoirs 40-11 TS Sosa of technical data: Saxon State Office for the Environment and Geology and State Reservoir Administration Saxony. Updated: 2007 Flood control reservoirs (planned) 40-12 TS Stollberg 40-13 TS Werda 40-14 TS Wolfersgrün 40-15 SP Crimmitschau

TS = dam SP = reservoir HRB = Flood control reservoir RWA = Water storage network for mining (Revierwasserlaufanstalt) Stewardship of Saxony’s waters

Flood protection State Reservoir Administration of Saxony could The flood of August 2002 caused around 9,400 begin right away with the most urgent construction cases of damage to Order I watercourses and about projects. It will take several decades to implement 8,900 cases of damage to Order II watercourses. all of the measures and will extend across genera- The State Reservoir Administration of Saxony tions. In order to inform all land owners of the began cleanup operations shortly after the flood effects a flood could have on their property, the subsided. Flood protection concepts were imme- State Reservoir Administration of Saxony has diately established for all state-owned watercourses prepared danger zone maps. They are displayed in Carlsfeld dam in Saxony. The concepts contain 1,600 flood protec- the communities and are updated as necessary. tion measures. These were prioritized so that the Flood protection is especially effective wherever the Raw water supply Pirk, Malter and Bautzen are designated EU bathing rivers’ courses and banks are natural, thus leading to Almost half of Saxony’s drinking water comes from spots. Dams shape the landscape and, in many an increased use of bioengineering designs. In this reservoirs. The State Reservoir Administration of cases, serve as a form of nature conservation. The State Reservoir Administration way the State Reservoir Administration of Saxony – Saxony operates 23 drinking water dams with an of Saxony is responsible for: wherever possible – secures the banks and embank- overall storage capacity of 236 million cubic meters. Watercourse maintenance ~ 137 dams including pre-dams and basins ments with trees and bushes adapted to the sur- It is responsible for the planning, construction and An essential task of the State Reservoir Admi- with about 600 million cubic meters of roundings as well as enclosed areas of grass. The maintenance of all state dams providing water for nistration of Saxony is the constant upkeep of the overall storage capacity, natural river courses formed by the flood will remain drinking and processing. Many of Saxony’s dams Order I watercourses and transboundary waters. ~ 4 raw water transfer lines for drinking intact outside of residential and commercial areas. are linked together through a network system. This includes in particular the development and water purposes, Bioengineering is, however, limited in heavily deve- If one reservoir experiences a shortage, the raw maintenance of the banks and embankments, ~ 1 process water transfer line system, loped locations and in hilly areas. water can be supplied to the waterworks through state-owned flood protection dykes and hydro- ~ 1 man-made trench and water gallery system, a system of pipes, galleries, rivers and streams, engineering facilities. ~ 186 weirs, Nearly all of the dams belonging to the State Reser- ditches and ponds from another reservoir. Thus ~ around 400 additional water management voir Administration of Saxony also function as flood the water supply can be balanced during prolonged The European Water Framework Directive (WFD) facilities of the Free State of Saxony protection. Most of the dams have a fixed flood dry periods. states that all rivers must allow for the passage such as water drawing machines, pumping control storage reserved exclusively for collecting of migratory fish. In keeping with this, The State stations or water gauges, flood water. In cases where additional flooding is The 33 process water dams are used for low water Reservoir Administration of Saxony has implemen- ~ around 3,000 km of Order I rivers and streams, likely, the flood control storages can be enlarged aggradation and provide water for industrial use. ted a consistency program. This includes keeping ~ around 300 km of transboundary waters to to a certain extent. ~ Many of the process water reservoirs are also used watercourses which are populated by migratory Poland and the Czech Republic, for tourism. Some of the reservoirs such as Pöhl, fish free of weirs and installing fish ladders. ~ around 650 km of flood protection dykes.

8 Function 9 Organization of the State Reservoir Organization of the State Reservoir Administration of Saxony Administration of Saxony

Administrative board Managing Director Expert committee Office of Legal Press and Cost Control Internal Auditing Advice Public Relations

Department 1 Hydraulic Engineering Coordination Office Department 2 Administration/Finance Examining Authority of the Works Engineering

Department 11 Department 21 WORKS oberes elbtal Administration/Personnel Water Quantity

Reservoir Control Unit Department 12 WORKS freiberger Mulde/Zschopau Accounting/Property Department 22 Water Quality Department 13 WORKS Zwickauer mulde/obere weisse elster Finance Department 23 Engineering Inspection Department 14 WORKS elbaue/mulde/untere weisse elster Information and Communication Department 24 Hydraulic Engineering

WORKS spree/neisse Contract Award Examining Authority

Technical Oversight/Regulatory Authority

Office Oversight

correspondent

10 ORGANIZATION 11 The nerve center of the State Reservoir Administration of Saxony

The nerve center of the State Reservoir Administration of Saxony: Headquarters in Pirna

The State Reservoir Administration of Saxony has Authority ensures that projects of the State The offices of Legal Advice, Cost Control, Internal * Contact its headquarters in Pirna not far from Dresden. Reservoir Administration of Saxony not Auditing and Press and Public Relations report to It is run as a public enterprise by a managing requiring approval are implemented the director. Landestalsperrenverwaltung director, who is supported by an administrative according to the rules and guidelines. des Freistaates Sachsen board. He also receives advice and counsel from Five works located in the Saxon regions belong to Bahnhofstraße 14 a committee of experts. The headquarters is ~ Department 2: Engineering the department of Engineering in the State Reser- 01796 Pirna home to the offices of the director, administration Department 2 fulfills the essential technical voir Administration of Saxony. They are divided into Germany and finance as well as engineering. It focuses duties. The department for Water Quantity, river and dam management divisions. The areas of Tel.: +49 (0) 3501 796 – 0 on inter-departmental projects: for example, deals in part with jobs per- responsibility for these works each extend across Fax: +49 (0) 3501 796 – 103 E-mail: [email protected] taining to hydrology and reservoir manage- several administrative districts. They perform ~ Department 1: Administration/Finance ment. The department for Water Quality on-site jobs at the dams, rivers and streams. ~ Contact for media and citizens Department 1 handles all essential operatio- deals with the quality of the water in the nal and personnel management activities. reservoirs and their feeders. The department Spokesperson Katrin Schöne Tel.: +49 (0) 3501 796 – 378 This includes the departments of Administra- for Engineering Inspection handles the tion and Personnel, Accounting and Property, safety inspection of all structures, and the Citizen Contact Person Britta Andreas Tel.: +49 (0) 3501 796 – 371 Finance, Information and Communication department for Hydraulic Engineering is and the Hydraulic Engineering Examining responsible for the planning and expert Fax: +49 (0) 3501 796 – 116 Authority. The Independent Examining supervision of construction projects. E-mail: [email protected]

12 THE NERVE CENTER 13 On-site expertise: The regional works

Oberes Elbtal

The Oberes Elbtal works plan, build, operate and The works are responsible for more than 100 facili- maintain water management facilities in the admi- ties, including the Klingenberg, Lehnmühle, Gottleu- nistrative districts of Meißen, Riesa-Großenhain, ba and Malter dams. They also supervise the flood Sächsische Schweiz, Weißeritzkreis, in the city of control reservoirs of Lauenstein and Glashütte as Dresden and parts of the district of Kamenz. The well as the Radeburg I and II reservoirs. The works flood protection facilities on the rivers Elbe, Weiße- are divided into the dam management divisions Gottleuba dam ritz, Müglitz and others belong to this as well. Gottleuba, Weißeritz, Müglitztal and Radeburg and the river management divisions Dresden, Gottleuba The Oberes Elbtal works supervise: and Riesa. ~ ~ dams with – around 86 million cubic meters of overall storage capacity and * Contact – around 32.5 million cubic meters of flood control storage capacity, Landestalsperrenverwaltung ~ around 594 kilometers of Order I watercourses, des Freistaates Sachsen ~ around 101 kilometers of flood protection dykes, Betrieb Oberes Elbtal ~ around 21 kilometers of transboundary waters, Bahnhofstraße 14 ~ the flood protection equipment storage 01796 Pirna in Radeburg. Germany Tel.: +49 (0) 3501 796 – 340 Fax: +49 (0) 3501 796 – 102 E-mail: [email protected]

14 oberes elbtal 15 On-site expertise: The regional works

Neunzehnhain I dam

* Contact Freiberger Mulde/Zschopau The Freiberger Mulde/Zschopau Landestalsperrenverwaltung works supervise: Water has been dammed in the district adminis- The Freiberger Mulde/Zschopau works are in Lenge- des Freistaates Sachsen ~ dams with tered by the Freiberger Mulde/Zschopau works feld in the mountain region of the Mittleres Erzge- Betrieb Freiberger Mulde/Zschopau – around 64.5 million cubic meters since the 16th century for silver ore mining. In the birge. They cover the administrative districts of of overall storage capacity and Rauenstein 6 A 19th century the rising industry demanded water. Annaberg, Freiberg, Mittleres Erzgebirge, Mittweida 09514 Lengefeld – around 8 million cubic meters of flood A then-revolutionary system of drinking water and Stollberg as well as the city of Chemnitz. They Germany control storage capacity, reservoirs was created in the mountain region are subdivided into the dam management divisions Tel.: +49 (0) 37367 310-0 ~ around 540 kilometers of Order I watercourses, of the Mittleres Erzgebirge. This historical legacy Neunzehnhain/Einsiedel, Revierwasserlaufanstalt Fax: +49 (0) 37367 310-30 ~ around 27 kilometers of flood protection dykes, E-mail: [email protected] is still used today. Freiberg, Lichtenberg, Rauschenbach, Cranzahl ~ around 90 kilometers of transboundary waters, and Saidenbach as well as the river management ~ the flood protection equipment storage divisions Annaberg, Chemnitz and Dörnthal. ~ in Chemnitz.

16 freiberger mulde/Zschopau 17 Zwickauer Mulde/Obere Weiße Elster

The Zwickauer Mulde/Obere Weiße Elster works The works’ headquarters are in Neidhardtsthal near oversee a total of 14 dams. Seven of them are Aue. The administrative districts of Aue-Schwarzen- drinking water dams and represent a vital source of berg, Chemnitzer Land, Vogtlandkreis and Zwickauer the water supply in Saxony. They include the reser- Land as well as the cities of Plauen and Zwickau are voirs Eibenstock, Carlsfeld, Muldenberg and Sosa. their area of influence. The works include the dam management divisions Dröda, Eibenstock, Mulden- berg/Falkenstein, Pöhl, Sosa/Carlsfeld, Koberbach, Pirk, Stollberg and Werda and the river management divisions Neidhardtsthal, Plauen and Zwickau. ~

* Contact The Zwickauer Mulde/Obere Weiße Elster works supervise: Landestalsperrenverwaltung ~ dams with des Freistaates Sachsen – around 210 million cubic meters Betrieb Zwickauer Mulde/ of overall storage capacity and Obere Weiße Elster – around 49 million cubic meters of flood control storage capacity, Neidhardtsthal ~ around 422 kilometers of Order I watercourses, Muldenstraße 08309 Eibenstock ~ around 61 kilometers of flood protection dykes, Carlsfeld dam Germany ~ around 13 kilometers of transboundary waters. Tel.: +49 (0) 37752 502 – 0 Fax: +49 (0) 37752 6212 E-mail: [email protected]

18 zwickauer mulde/Obere weisse elster 19 On-site expertise: The regional works

Bautzen dam

Spree/Neiße * Contact The Spree/Neiße works, with headquarters in The works supervise hydraulic-engineering facilities, The Spree/Neiße works supervise: Bautzen, maintain large process water reservoirs Order I rivers and streams and transboundary waters Landestalsperrenverwaltung ~ dams with in East Saxony – for example, the Bautzen and in the administrative districts of Kamenz, Löbau- des Freistaates Sachsen – around 87 million cubic meters Quitzdorf dams. They are also responsible for more Zittau and Niederschlesischer Oberlausitzkreis as Betrieb Spree/Neiße of overall storage capacity and than 170 weirs. In order to improve the watercourse well as in the cities of Görlitz and Hoyerswerda. Am Staudamm 1 – around and 20 million cubic meters structure and the ecological continuity, several The works are divided into the dam management 02625 Bautzen of flood control storage capacity, of these weirs are being retrofitted or rebuilt. divisions Bautzen, Lohsa/Knappenroda and Quitzdorf Germany ~ around 800 kilometers Order I watercourses, The works also include the mine lakes Knappen- and the river management divisions Bautzen, Görlitz Tel.: +49 (0) 3591 6711 – 0 ~ around 170 kilometers of flood protection Fax: +49 (0) 3591 6711 – 28 rode and Lohsa I. and Hoyerswerda. dykes, ~ E-mail: [email protected] ~ around 130 kilometers of transboundary waters, ~ the flood protection equipment storage in Lohsa.

20 spree/Neisse 21 On-site expertise: The regional works

Elbaue/Mulde/Untere Weiße Elster

The Elbaue/Mulde/Untere Weiße Elster works, with In the 1960s, a system was constructed in the south headquarters in Rötha near Leipzig, operates in the of Leipzig to supply the local industries with process administrative districts Delitzsch, Döbeln, Leipziger water and to serve as flood protection. The Wyhra- Land, Muldentalkreis, Torgau-Oschatz and the city Pleiße dam and storage system still has the same of Leipzig. The works include the dam management functions today. It consists of two dams, four water divisions Windischleuba/Borna, Witznitz/Rötha/ reservoirs and two flood control storages as well as Sermuth, Jahna-Döllnitz and Schömbach as well the Sermuth pumping station with its water transfer as the river management divisions Bad Düben, trough. In recent years, the works have assumed Borna, Grimma, Leipzig and Torgau. numerous other flood protection facilities – for example, in the Jahna river area. ~

The weir “Palmgarten” in Leipzig * Contact The Elbaue/Mulde/Untere Weiße Elster Landestalsperrenverwaltung works supervise: des Freistaates Sachsen ~ dams with Betrieb Elbaue/Mulde/ – around 158 million cubic meters Untere Weiße Elster of overall storage capacity and – around 76 million cubic meters of flood Gartenstraße 34 04571 Rötha control storage capacity, Germany ~ around 729 kilometers of Order I watercourses, Tel.: +49 (0) 34206 588 – 0 ~ around 322 kilometers of flood protection dykes, Fax: +49 (0) 34206 588 – 41 ~ the flood protection equipment storage E-mail: [email protected] in Trebsen.

22 elbaue/Mulde/Untere weisse elster 23 Flood protection and drinking water supply – two examples

Flood protection and drinking water supply – two examples

Comprehensive flood protection from Kranichau to Hafen Torgau and restoration for the city of Torgau of the already existing Weinske dykes were completed in the following year. The dykes were raised The flood of August 2002 made it all too clear that and widened, steep slopes leveled and dike support the city of Torgau is highly vulnerable to floods. Im- paths built, among other modifications. Large parts mediately afterwards, the State Reservoir Adminis- of Torgau and the surrounding area are now pro- tration of Saxony began to analyze the dykes and tected from the kind of flooding which statistically

develop a flood protection concept. It soon became occurs once every one hundred years (HQ100). Torgau-Repitz apparent that the dykes were permeable at several

locations and no longer met modern technological Construction of the new inland dyke on the Weinske Elbe dyke in Torgau (top left and right) standards. A thorough overhaul was necessary. river was completed in September 2005. It protects Torgau with inland dyke (bottom left) The city was also to receive two new traverse vital commercial and industrial facilities such as dykes on the Weinske river. the Torgau plate glass factory as well as several residential areas. The remaining flood protection Implementation of the flood protection measures measures were begun in 2006, for example in Torgau began two years later. Renovation of the construction of the second Weinske dyke. the dyke system from Glacis to Polbitz was also This will primarily serve as flood protection for completed in the same year. The dyke system the North of Torgau. ~

24 Flood protection city of Torgau 25 Flood protection and drinking water supply – two examples

district, the city of Freital and 60 percent of the city of Dresden with drinking water. During construction work, they will be supplied entirely from the Lehn- mühle and Rauschenbach dams. In preparation for this, a three-kilometer-long tunnel was drilled through the rock to redirect the water past the Construction of gallery with tunnel boring machine Klingenberg dam on its way to the waterworks.

After renovation work, the tunnel will be used as Complex overhaul dam will include state-of-the-art technology. It a spillway. It can take up to 30,000 liters per second of the Klingenberg dam will receive a new inspection gallery, which will and redirect them past the reservoir. Both the be blasted into the masonry dam. Gauges such gallery and the two million cubic meters of flood The drinking water dam in Klingenberg in the moun- as pendulum lines will be installed, allowing control capacity will serve an important function tain region of the Erzgebirge operated uninterrupted measurements of any changes to the dam. for the reservoir flood protection. The renovation for almost 100 years. Now ”Dresden’s water glass” should be completed in 2011 and cost around must be completely renovated. The flood from In order to empty the reservoir for renovation work, 60 million euro. ~ August 2002 left its mark as well. The spillways a temporary water supply must be set up. The received heavy damages and the pre-dam was Klingenberg dam, together with the Lehnmühle and totally destroyed. Renovation of the Klingenberg Rauschenbach dams, supplies the entire Weißeritz

Construction of pre-dam

26 Restoration of the Klingenberg dam 27