The UPPER AUSTRA WATER Association
Our stakeholders
- 872 water supply cooperatives (200,000 people)
- 542 melioration and flood protection cooperatives (35,000 hectare)
- 119 wastewater disposal cooperatives (10,000 people)
- 1 irrigation cooperative (4,000 hectares)
- 1 combined water supply and waste water cooperative
- Federal State of Upper Austria
- Chamber of Agriculture for Upper Austria
- 14 Individual members
- 1 water association
- South Western Umbrella of Water and Sanitation (swUws)
Institutions
- General assembly
- Board of directors (7 persons)
Chairman Mr. Werner Sams
Vice chairman Mr. Alois Hauer - Supervisory board (7 persons)
Chairman Mr. Josef Winklehner
Vice chairman Mr. Johann Dirnberger
General manager
Our principles
- Non-profit character
- Self-responsibility
- Self-determination
- Professional competence
- Cost recovery
- Voluntariness
Our services
- Advice and support in technical, legal, financial and organizational questions
- Legal information for insurance and settlement of claims
- Technical audit of facilities (quality assurance) under §134 Water Act
- Pooling program for water meters, water analyses,...
- Measurement and detection services
- leak detection, location of pipes and valves
- Water loss analysis, measuring flow rates and pressure
- Aquifer tests and establishment of sustainable yield
- Operational services
- Emergency water supply service
- Advice and help to assemble and change water meters
- Water analyses
- Measurement of chemical, physical and bacteriological parameters
- Technical survey for individual water supply facilities
- Maintenance service
- Spring tapping, drainage and channel maintenance
- Guides and information brochures
- Education and training for officials and technical personal
- Chairman
- Bookkeeper
- Water operator
- Public relations
- Operation and maintenance
- Water storage, water exploration
- Insurance, liability, employment
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- Up-to-date information on www.ooewasser.at
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