Changing precipitation patterns as a result of climate change pose major challenges for small municipal water suppliers that depend on spring discharges from fissured aquifers to ensure drinking water supplies. Longer dry periods reduce spring discharges or cause them to dry up completely, while heavy rainfall events lead to increased pollution from turbidity, yellow substances and, depending on the catchment area, also from nitrogen, uranium or arsenic. This is where ZukoWa comes in, developing exemplary solutions for water management and decentralized water purification for five municipalities in the Black Forest in the Bad Peterstal-Griesbach region.
