Well drilling; display
If you want to drill a well, you must indicate this.
Stand: 30.01.2025. Link zum BayernPortal
Online procedure
Display of a garden fountain
With this online application you can submit the drilling notification according to Art. 30 of the Bayer. Water Act (BayWG) for a garden well online.
Citizen-friendly and digital: Simply complete this online application directly via your Internet browser. In many cases, this will save you a trip to the authorities.
Notification of the annual volume of water withdrawn for a well requiring a permit
You can use this online form to report the annual volume of water withdrawn from a well that requires a permit.
User-friendly and digital: simply complete this online application directly via your internet browser. In many cases, this will save you a trip to the authorities.
Show borehole (as organization)
You can use this online application to display a borehole (as an organization).
Citizen-friendly and digital: Simply complete this online application directly via your Internet browser. In many cases, this will save you a trip to the authorities.
The competent authority must be notified of any work that penetrates so deeply into the ground that it may have a direct or indirect effect on the movement, level or quality of the groundwater. Among other things, the construction of a well must be notified.
If a well drilling company is commissioned to drill the well, it is obliged to notify the authority.
If a well is constructed without prior notification, this constitutes an administrative offense for which a fine of up to EUR 5,000 is imposed. Furthermore, in such cases it may also be necessary under certain circumstances to dismantle the well professionally.
Regional Supplement (Editorial responsibility: City of Erlangen)Please note the application and notification forms under "Forms".
You must submit the notification to the responsible lower water authority (district office or independent city).
As part of the notification, the competent authority will check, in particular with the involvement of the water management authority, whether or, if applicable, under what restrictions the installation of the well at the planned location is possible. Furthermore, as part of this examination, a decision is made as to whether a permit procedure under water law must be carried out in addition to the notification. The result of this examination will be communicated in writing by the competent authority. If the competent authority does not prohibit the construction of the well within one month of receipt of the complete notification, the well can be constructed as notified if the planned use does not require a permit.
The drilling company must submit the drilling documentation after completion of the drilling work without further request. These are
- Well development plan with layer index and drilling profile,
- Measurement of the top edge of the well at NN (standard zero)
- Site plan with the exact well location and
- Pumping test diagram (water level at rest/lowering of the water level at full pump load) in duplicate
The Bavarian State Office for the Environment (LfU) must be notified of all boreholes two weeks before work begins (see "Related topics").
Regional Supplement (Editorial responsibility: City of Erlangen)If the property is located in the districts of Eltersdorf, Frauenaurach, Hüttendorf, Neuses, Kriegenbrunn or Tennenlohe, an exemption from compulsory use must also be applied for from the Zweckverband zur Wasserversorgung der Eltersdorfer Gruppe, Äußere Brucker Straße 33, Erlangen. For the district of Dechsendorf, an exemption is required from the Zweckverband der Seebachgruppe, Hannberger Str. 5, 91093 Heßdorf.
- The following documents must be enclosed with the notification:
- General plan with marking of the project location
- Detailed site plan with entry of the project location
- Expected layer profile of the subsoil
- Expansion plan to scale in accordance with DIN 4022 and Din 4023
- Notice from the water supplier regarding exemption from the connection and use obligation
- Declaration of consent from the property owner, if applicable
- DVGW W 120 certification of the drilling company for initial notification, if applicable
- Declaration of the drilling company commissioned, if applicable
Regional Supplement (Editorially responsible: City of Erlangen)
Fees for the examination of a complaint: EUR 25.00 to EUR 1,000.00
Regional Supplement (Editorial responsibility: City of Erlangen)
In the city of Erlangen, a fee of currently 50 euros is charged for the inspection of a notification of a garden fountain (see tariff no. 8.IV.0/1.6 of the list of costs).