Flood Protection Section

The Section:

• is the specialised agency for hydrological facilities dealing with flood protection;
• is responsible for examinating projects and awarding compensation and financial aid under the hydraulic engineering act and the protection of water act;
• monitors the implementation by the cantons of the hydraulic engineering act as well as the appropriate use of resources;
• sets guidelines on the handling and carrying out of projects and for the calculation of compensations and financial aid;
• monitors projects financed by federal resources (flood protection, rehabilitation of rivers);
• checks buildings and facilities that affect flood security.

Zuständigkeiten Schutzbauten und Gefahrengrundlagen WBG (PDF, 770 kB, 12.06.2020)

Topic:

Topic Natural hazards

Personnel

Adrian Schertenleib
Position: head of section
Responsibilities: hydraulic engineering, flood protection
Tel.: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]

Antoine Magnollay
Position: deputy head of section
Responsibilities: hydraulic engineering, flood protection (hydraulic engineering VD, VS-central (french part)), third Rhone Correction
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Anna Belser
Responsibilities: Research programme "hydraulic engineering & ecology", development of application standards
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Katharina Edmaier
Responsibilities: hydraulic engineering, flood protection (hydraulic engineering GL, SH, SZ, TG, TI, UR)
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Eva Gertsch
Responsibilities: hydraulic engineering, flood protection (hydraulic engineering BE 1, NW, upper_VS)
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Christian Holzgang
Responsibilities: hydraulic engineering, flood protection (hydraulic engineering AG, AI, AR, BE 2-4, ZG, ZH)
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Markus Hostmann
Responsibilities: Alpenrhein expansion project, flood protection (hydraulic engineering GR, SG)
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Mario Koksch
Responsibilities: hydraulic engineering, flood protection (hydraulic engineering BL, BS, LU, OW, SO)
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Barbara Münger
Responsibilities: Calculation of subsidies to flood control measures, rulings, archive
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Roger Rüegg
Responsibilities: projectdatabase, finances, contracts
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David Siffert
Responsibilities: hydraulic engineering, flood protection (hydraulic engineering FR, GE, JU, NE, bas_VS (french part))
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Thomas Stauffer
Responsibilities: third Rhone Correction, projectdatabase, finances, GEVER
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Last modification 12.06.2020