The Hydrological Forecasts Section is the federal service responsible for short-term forecasting of water supply and for issuing flood warnings.
The section
- runs an operational forecasting service that prepares daily reports on water conditions and runoff forecasts for the whole country;
- provides continuous expert evaluations of current and forecasted situations of waterways of national interest;
- coordinates with other federal, cantonal and international forecasting services;
- is responsible for the technical operation of the forecasting system FEWS and all data flows;
- develops operational forecasting at FOEN and integrates new forecasting systems into its operational processes;
- participates in FOEN's critical situation control centre in the event of flooding and develops fundamental analyses for assessing situations;
- conducts studies to analyse floods;
- initiates, assists and conducts national and international hydrological forecasting research programs.
Section topic: current hydrological forecasts
Personnel

Therese Bürgi
Position: head of section
Tel.: +41 58 464 76 73
E-mail: therese.buergi@bafu.admin.ch
Karsten Jasper
Position: deputy head of section
Tasks: Hydrological forecasts, models
Tel.: +41 58 464 82 54
E-mail: karsten.jasper@bafu.admin.ch
Coralie Amiguet
Tasks: Hydrological forecasts, customer advice and products
Tel.: +41 58 464 82 13
E-mail: coralie.amiguet@bafu.admin.ch
Emmanuel Brocard
Tasks: Hydrological forecasts, monitoring parliamentary and Federal Council transactions
Tel.: +41 58 468 60 90
E-mail: emmanuel.brocard@bafu.admin.ch
Robert Diezig
Tasks: Hydrological forecasts, forecasting systems
Tel.: +41 58 464 76 51
E-mail: robert.diezig@bafu.admin.ch
Martin Ebel
Tasks: Hydrological forecasts, models, forecasting systems
Tel.: +41 58 464 07 57
E-mail: martin.ebel@bafu.admin.ch
Philippe Gyarmati
Tasks: Hydrological forecasts, quality assurance
Tel.: +41 58 464 28 37
E-mail: philippe.gyarmati@bafu.admin.ch
Andreas Helbling
Tasks: Hydrological forecasts, Quality assurance
Tel.: +41 58 464 13 52
E-mail: andreas.helbling@bafu.admin.ch
Christophe Hug
Tasks: Hydrological forecasts, Forecasting systems
Tel.: +41 58 462 92 97
E-mail: christophe.hug@bafu.admin.ch
David Volken
Tasks: Hydrological forecasts, customer advice and products
Tel.: +41 58 464 79 27
E-mail: david.volken@bafu.admin.ch
Last modification 06.04.2020
Contact
Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
Hydrology Division
Postal address:
CH-3003 Bern
Location of our offices:
Papiermühlestrasse 172, 3063 Ittigen
Tel.: +41 58 463 85 68
Fax: +41 58 464 76 81