Hydrometry Section

The Hydrometry Section is the specialist federal service for hydrometry: planning, construction and main-tenance of all federal measuring stations (water quantity and quality), runoff/water levels (measuring and modelling), renewal of technology, contributes to other evaluations relating to the water cycle, coordination with the cantons and other partners

The section 

• is responsible for planning, constructing, operating, and maintaining all measuring stations on rivers, lakes, and in groundwater;
• collects field data, particularly runoff measurements in instances of low, medium and high water levels;
• measures water level/runoff curves and calculates extreme runoff;
• operates alarm stations;
• improves existing and develops new measuring methods and devices;
• advises third parties on station design and conducting runoff measurements and does runoff measurements for other centres;
• represents Swiss standards organisations in international expert groups.

 

Topic:

Topic Water

Hydrological data - FOEN

Personnel

Robert Lukes
Position: head of section
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Fabian Stoller
Position: deputy head of section
Responsibilities: Management of hydrometrical measuring stations, Hydrometrical monitoring, Emmental, Basel, North-east Switzerland
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Mathias Bartenbach
Responsibilities: Support
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Olivia Berset
Responsibilities: Management of hydrometrical measuring stations, Hydrometrical monitoring Fribourg, Jura peripheral lakes
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Andrea Crose
Responsibilities: Management of hydrometrical measuring stations, Hydrometrical monitoring Ticino, Engadin
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Jörg Hammer
Responsibilities: Management of hydrometrical measuring stations, Hydrometrical monitoring Ticino, Engadin
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René Hayoz
Responsibilities: Technical secretariat
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Hanspeter Hodel
Responsibilities: Management of hydrometrical measuring stations, Hydrometrical monitoring Central Switzerland
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Andreas Kohler
Responsibilities: Management of hydrometrical measuring stations, Hydrometrical monitoring Graubünden. St Gallen Rheintal
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Eugène Lehmann
Responsibilities: Management of hydrometrical measuring stations, Hydrometrical monitoring Western Switzerland, Oberwallis
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Karim Michel
Responsibilities: Management of hydrometrical measuring stations, Hydrometrical monitoring Bernese Oberland, Bern and environs, Jura
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Wilhelm Tschannen
Responsibilities: Support for hydrometrical stations
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Andreas Yao
Responsibilities: Support for hydrometrical stations
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Last modification 11.05.2017