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Contaminated sites

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Economy

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Education

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EIA

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Electrosmog

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Emissions trading

• Topic Emissions trading
  
  
  • How does emissions trading work?
    
    
  • Swiss emissions trading scheme
    
    
    • Participation and registration deadlines
      
      
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Energy

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Environmental monitoring

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Forest and timber

• Topic Forest and timber
  
  
  • Federal forest policy
    
    
    • International Forest Policy
      
      
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      • How to behave as a visitor
        
        
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GIS

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Groundwater

• Topic Groundwater
  
  
  • Groundwater is…
    
    
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  • Threats to Groundwater
    
    
    • Agriculture and urban green spaces
      
      
      • Nitrogen and nitrates
        
        
      • Plant protection products
        
        
    • Traffic
      
      
    • Industry and polluted sites
      
      
    • Wastewater
      
      
    • Mineral extraction and building development
      
      
  • Groundwater protection
    
    
    • Spatial-planning related groundwater protection
      
      
      • Water protection area Au
        
        
      • Area of contribution Zu
        
        
      • Groundwater protection zones
        
        
      • Determination of zone S2 dimensions
        
        
      • Groundwater protection areas
        
        
    • Structural and operational measures
      
      
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    • Tips for everyday
      
      
  • Legislation
    
    
  • Publications
    
    
  • Maps
    
    
    • Hydrogeological maps
      
      
    • Groundwater and water protection maps
      
      
      • Water protection maps of the cantons
        
        
  • Specialised agencies
    
    
    • Responsibilities
      
      
      • of the federal authorities
        
        
      • of the Cantons
        
        
      • of the water suppliers
        
        
  • Tracer tests in groundwater
    
    
  • FAQ
    
    

Hydrological foundations and data

• Hydrological foundations and data
  
  
  • Hydrological data
    
    
    • Overview maps: explanations
      
      
    • Current hydrological bulletin
      
      
    • Hydrological Data by SMS
      
      
  • Forecasts and warnings
    
    
    • The 5 flood hazard levels
      
      
      • Hazard level 1: Low hazard or none
        
        
      • Hazard level 2: Medium hazard
        
        
      • Hazard level 3: Significant hazard
        
        
      • Hazard level 4: High hazard
        
        
      • Hazard level 5: Very high hazard
        
        
    • Notes on the «Flood situation» map
      
      
      • Surface waters of Swiss national interest
        
        
  • Services and Links
    
    
    • HydroWatch
      
      
    • Cantonal data
      
      
    • International data
      
      
    • Current meteorological data
      
      
    • Hydrological Yearbook of Switzerland
      
      
    • Individual Data Delivery
      
      
      • Products available (with examples)
        
        
    • Calibration laboratory
      
      
  • Extreme events and flood statistics
    
    
    • Extreme events
      
      
      • Flooding of 2005
        
        
      • Flood events of 1987-2000
        
        
      • Low-flow events and drought 2003
        
        
    • Floods and low flows: flood statistics
      
      
    • Floods and low flows: low-flow statistics
      
      
  • Monitoring networks
    
    
    • Basic monitoring network surface waters
      
      
    • NADUF: Rivers
      
      
      • Measurement programme
        
        
      • Data
        
        
      • Results
        
        
      • Publications
        
        
      • Contact
        
        
    • Water temperature
      
      
    • Hydrological Study Areas
      
      
      • Glossary of hydrological terms
        
        
    • Sediment Transport by Water
      
      
      • Sediment transport
        
        
      • Suspended sediment
        
        
      • Turbidity
        
        
      • Deltas
        
        
      • Bed load transport on the riverbed
        
        
    • NAQUA: Groundwater
      
      
  • Information systems and methods
    
    
    • Background information on forecasts
      
      
      • Forecasting methods
        
        
      • Quality of forecasts
        
        
      • Development of forecasting methods
        
        
      • National and international cooperation
        
        
      • Forecasts for Lake Constance
        
        
    • Hydrology module (HYDMOD)
      
      
    • Q347 flow rate
      
      
    • GEWISS
      
      
    • Waterbody network
      
      
    • Water Condition Database
      
      
    • SOLID database
      
      
    • Hydrological Atlas of Switzerland HADES
      
      
    • Mean monthly and annual runoff
      
      
      • Mean monthly and annual runoff depths
        
        
      • Mean runoff for the river network of Switzerland
        
        
  • Legislation
    
    
  • Authorities and institutions
    
    
    • Groundwater
      
      
  • Publications
    
    
  • 150 years of hydrometry in Switzerland
    
    

ILNM

• ILNM
  
  

Innovation

• Topic Innovation
  
  
  • Environmental research
    
    
    • Environmental research: Mandate, objectives, funding
      
      
    • Master Plan for Environmental Research
      
      
    • Environmental research groups in Switzerland
      
      
      • Search the database
        
        
      • Environmental research in Switzerland
        
        
    • Organisation and partners
      
      
  • Technology promotion
    
    
    • ECO-INNOVERA
      
      
      • Workshop on Eco-innovation Parks
        
        
  • Legislation
    
    

International Affairs

• International Affairs
  
  
  • Topics and Conventions
    
    
    • Biodiversity
      
      
    • Chemicals and waste
      
      
      • 20th Anniversary of the adoption of the Basel Convention
        
        
    • Climate
      
      
    • Development cooperation
      
      
    • Environment for Europe
      
      
    • Environmental financing
      
      
    • Forests
      
      
    • Governance
      
      
    • Trade
      
      
    • Water
      
      
  • Organisations
    
    
    • EU
      
      
    • GEF
      
      
    • OECD
      
      
    • UNECE
      
      
    • UNEP
      
      
  • Publications
    
    
  • News archive
    
    

Klimaanpassung

Landscape

• Topic Landscape
  
  

Law

• Topic Environmental law
  
  
  • Environmental law
    
    
  • Publications
    
    

Major accidents

• Topic Prevention of major accidents
  
  
  • Publications
    
    

Natural hazards

• Topic Natural hazards
  
  
  • Protection forests
    
    

Nature protection

• Topic Nature protection
  
  

Noise

• Topic Noise
  
  
  • Legislation
    
    
  • Publications
    
    

Parks

• Topic Parks of national importance
  
  
  • Federal policy on parks
    
    
    • Park categories
      
      
      • National park
        
        
      • Regional nature park
        
        
      • Nature discovery park
        
        
    • Global financial aid
      
      
    • Labels
      
      
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      • Product label
        
        
      • Download
        
        
    • Synergies with other sectors
      
      
      • Agriculture
        
        
      • Forestry
        
        
      • Regional development
        
        
      • Tourism
        
        
      • Hunting & fisheries
        
        
      • Spatial planning
        
        
      • Environmental education
        
        
  • Establishment of a park
    
    
    • Requirements for parks
      
      
    • Stages
      
      
    • National park
      
      
    • Regional nature park
      
      
    • Nature discovery park
      
      
  • List of Swiss parks
    
    
  • Legislation
    
    
  • Publications
    
    
  • FAQ
    
    

Particle Filter List

• Particle Filter List
  
  
  • Introduction
    
    
  • Particle filter system types
    
    
  • Engine Types (OEM)
    
    
  • Manufacturers
    
    
  • Procedure for certification of conformity
    
    
  • Laboratories and certification bureaux
    
    
  • Impressum, Legal Status, Modifications
    
    
    • Impressum
      
      
    • Legal Status
      
      
    • Updates
      
      
  • Abbreviations
    
    

Planning and construction

• Topic Planning and construction
  
  

Publications

• Publications of the FOEN
  
  
  • Air
    
    
  • Biodiversity
    
    
  • Biotechnology
    
    
  • Chemicals
    
    
  • Climate
    
    
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  • Contaminated sites
    
    
  • Economy
    
    
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  • Environmental impact assessment
    
    
  • Environmental protection in general
    
    
  • Fisheries
    
    
  • Forestry
    
    
  • Hydrology
    
    
  • Incidents
    
    
  • International affairs
    
    
  • Landscape
    
    
  • Law
    
    
  • Natural hazards
    
    
  • Noise
    
    
  • Protected Zones and Habitat Inventories
    
    
  • Publications search
    
    
  • Soil
    
    
  • Waste
    
    
  • Water
    
    

Soil

• Topic Soil
  
  
  • NABO
    
    
    • News
      
      
    • FAQ: Frequently asked questions
      
      
    • Overview
      
      
    • Status
      
      
    • Trend
      
      
      • Monitoring network
        
        
      • Sampling
        
        
    • Quality
      
      
      • List of laboratories
        
        
      • Proficiency testing
        
        
      • Sampling monitoring forms
        
        
    • Flux
      
      
      • Balances of monitoring sites
        
        
      • Regional Balances
        
        
    • Expertise
      
      
    • Public
      
      
    • Bibliography
      
      
    • Presentations
      
      
    • Links
      
      
    • Contact
      
      
    • Co-operation
      
      

Spatial planning

• Topic Spatial planning
  
  

Sport & tourism

• Sport and tourism
  
  

Tank facilities

• Topic Tank facilities
  
  

Transports

• Topic Transports
  
  
  • Publications
    
    

Umsetzungshilfe «Renaturierung der Gewässer»

• Workshops
  
  
  • Workshop Nordwestschweiz vom 15.5.12
    
    
  • Workshop Westschweiz vom 16.5.12
    
    
  • Workshop Ostschweiz vom 24.5.12
    
    
  • Workshop Zentralschweiz vom 29.5.12
    
    
• Workshops 2012
  
  

VASA

VASA: In Situ Sanierung

VASA: Realleistungs- und Kostentragungs-Pflichten

VASA: Sicherung von Deponie-Altlasten

• Gefährdungen
  
  
• Basisabdichtung
  
  
• Gasfassung und Gasbehandlung
  
  

VeVA: Verkehr mit Abfällen im Inland

VOCs

• Topic VOCs
  
  

Waste

• Waste
  
  
  • Guide to waste
    
    
    • Aluminium packaging
      
      
    • Batteries and accumulators
      
      
    • Biodegradable waste
      
      
      • Quantities of organic waste
        
        
      • Legislation
        
        
      • Quality of compost
        
        
      • Protagonists
        
        
      • Reports
        
        
      • Compost studies
        
        
      • Inspection of composting and digestion plants
        
        
    • CDs
      
      
    • Electrical and electronic appliances
      
      
    • Energy-saving lamps
      
      
    • Excavated material
      
      
    • Furniture
      
      
    • Glass packaging materials
      
      
    • Medical waste
      
      
    • Metals
      
      
    • Packages
      
      
    • Paper and cardboard
      
      
    • PET beverage containers
      
      
    • Plastics
      
      
    • Refrigerators
      
      
    • Scrap wood
      
      
    • Sewage sludge
      
      
    • Steel including tinplate
      
      
    • Textiles and shoes
      
      
    • Used tyres
      
      
  • Sustainable Material Management
    
    
  • Litter
    
    
    • Characteristics and extent
      
      
    • Areas of action
      
      
    • Potential solutions
      
      
  • Waste management facilities
    
    
    • MSW incineration
      
      
    • Landfilling
      
      
    • Recycling
      
      
      • Battery recycling
        
        
      • Glass recycling
        
        
      • Paper recycling
        
        
      • PET recycling
        
        
      • Can recycling
        
        
      • Textile recycling
        
        
    • Cement works
      
      
  • Movements of waste
    
    
    • Transboundary movements of waste
      
      
      • Notification for export
        
        
      • Notification for import
        
        
      • Notification for transit
        
        
      • Information and documents for the green control procedure
        
        
      • Information on the export of used goods
        
        
  • Statistics
    
    
    • Calculation method for the recycling rate of beverage containers
      
      
    • Multi-year statistics
      
      
    • 2010
      
      
    • 2011
      
      
    • 2009
      
      
    • 2008
      
      
    • 2007
      
      
    • 2006
      
      
    • 2005
      
      
    • 2004
      
      
    • 2003
      
      
    • 2002
      
      
  • Legislation
    
    
  • Publications
    
    

Water

• Water
  
  
  • Integrated water management
    
    
    • Flood protection and ecology of watercourses
      
      
    • Watershed Management
      
      
  • Legislation
    
    
  • Publications
    
    

Water Protection

• Topic Water protection
  
  
  • Surface waters
    
    
    • Guiding Principles for Swiss watercourses
      
      
    • State of surface waters
      
      
      • River and stream water quality
        
        
      • Lake water quality
        
        
      • Sediment contamination
        
        
      • Structure of watercourses
        
        
    • Modular Stepwise Procedure
      
      
    • International water protection
      
      
  • Wastewater
    
    
    • Municipal wastewater treatment
      
      
      • Connection rates
        
        
      • Wastewater treatment works
        
        
      • Wastewater charges
        
        
    • Urban drainage
      
      
      • Communal wastewater management plan
        
        
      • Regional wastewater management plan
        
        
    • Traffic routes
      
      
    • International commitments
      
      
  • Micropollutants
    
    
    • What are micropollutants?
      
      
    • Effects
      
      
    • In Swiss rivers and lakes
      
      
    • Measures
      
      
      • Measures at the source
        
        
      • Measures at wastewater treatment
        
        
    • International
      
      
  • Agriculture
    
    
    • Structural water protection measures
      
      
    • Fertilisers
      
      
      • Management of farmyard manure
        
        
      • Ban on slurry in groundwater protection zones
        
        
      • Sewage sludge
        
        
      • Key requirements for the handling of fertilisers
        
        
    • Substances
      
      
      • Nitrates
        
        
        • Nitrate: a water pollutant
          
          
        • Nitrate strategy
          
          
        • Nitrate reduction measures
          
          
      • Phosphorus
        
        
        • Phosphorus budget
          
          
        • Phosphorus reduction
          
          
      • Plant protection products
        
        
        • PPPs in surface waters
          
          
        • PPPs in groundwater protection zones
          
          
        • Appropriate management
          
          
      • Veterinary medicines
        
        
    • Guidelines
      
      
  • Legislation
    
    
  • Specialised agencies
    
    
  • Publications
    
    

Water Use

• Topic Water use
  
  
  • Drinking water
    
    
  • Publications