On Thursday and Friday the 46th Dresden Hydraulic Engineering Colloquium took place. Under the title "Hydraulic engineering & water management in the 'stress test" - different actors of the hydraulic engineering industry discussed new developments and challenges in the field of hydraulic engineering. The colloquium was organized by the Institute of Hydraulic Engineering and Technical Hydromechanics of the TU Dresden. The event was opened by Professor Stamm, the head of the institute and dean of the faculty of civil engineering.

According to his opening speech, the stress test for hydraulic engineering infrastructure will be the increasingly noticeable changes triggered by climate change. On the one hand, water shortages, which are already posing major challenges to many affected regions, and extreme weather events and the associated flood disasters are increasingly becoming the focus of scientific and structural planning.
Dr. Gerd Lippold, State Secretary in the Ministry of Energy, Climate Protection, Environment and Agriculture, was also clear in his welcoming address: "Stress as an external burden caused by changing framework conditions, which reveals weak points and creates pressure to change and adapt. This stress undoubtedly exists. ...But it is not a test; it is reality, which we must now face up to. The effects of climate change are already putting enormous pressure on us in the water and wastewater industry. ... Record summers and extreme precipitation events were and are stress tests for the future viability of water infrastructure in Germany."

An impressive overview of his research on risk analysis and early warning of extreme weather events was given by keynote speaker Professor Bruno Merz from the Hydrology Section, Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ) and Institute of Environmental Sciences and Geography, University of Potsdam.
In addition to countless speeches, a trade exhibition accompanying the conference will also offer the opportunity to exchange information with various manufacturers and companies about technical solutions and structural implementations in the field of hydraulic engineering.