Water Body Protection Section

The Section handles:

municipal, commercial and industrial wastewater and drainage from the built environment and traffic areas (wastewater disposal)
quantitative and qualitative protection of groundwater, the most important drinking, process and extinguishing water resource (groundwater protection planning).
pollution strategies, pollutant flows, microcontaminants
international cross-border water bodies and water protection commissions

Section topics:

Personnel

Michael Schärer
Position: head of section
Responsibilities: wastewater disposal and groundwater protection planning policy and strategy
Tel.: +41 58 464 79 43
E-mail: michael.schaerer@bafu.admin.ch

Samuel Cornaz
Position: deputy head of section
Responsibilities: Spatial-planning related groundwater protection
Tel.: +41 58 463 03 54
E-mail: samuel.cornaz@bafu.admin.ch

Hélène Bleny
Responsibilities: wastewater disposal
Tel.: +41 58 463 28 65
E-mail: helene.bleny@bafu.admin.ch

Damian Dominguez
Responsibilities: wastewater disposal
Tel.: +41 58 463 35 83
E-mail: damian.dominguez@bafu.admin.ch

Patrick Fischer
Responsibilities: wastewater disposal
Tel.: +41 58 464 77 52
E-mail: patrick.fischer@bafu.admin.ch

Frédéric Guhl
Responsibilities: groundwater protection planning
Tel.: +41 58 462 77 28
E-mail: frederic.guhl@bafu.admin.ch

Sybille Kilchmann
Responsibilities: groundwater protection planning
Tel.: +41 58 464 76 91
E-mail: sybille.kilchmann@bafu.admin.ch

Sébastien Lehmann
Responsibilities: wastewater disposal, international water body protection commissions (Lake Geneva, water-bodies on the Italian-Swiss border)
Tel.: +41 58 464 76 94
E-mail: sebastien.lehmann@bafu.admin.ch

Corin Schwab
Responsibilities: groundwater protection planning
Tel.: +41 58 468 77 84
E-mail: corin.schwab@bafu.admin.ch

Saskia Zimmermann-Steffens
Responsibilities: wastewater disposal
Tel.: +41 58 463 17 15
E-mail: saskia.zimmermann-steffens@bafu.admin.ch