The Institute of Groundwater Management at TUD|Dresden University of Technology is launching a new research project on the Saxon-Polish border for the sustainable management and protection of groundwater resources under changing climate conditions. The TUD researchers are involved as lead partners in the EU-funded project CRossWATER: transboundary groundwater management for a climate-resilient water supply in the European City of Görlitz-Zgorzelec.

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From January 2025 to December 2027, the scientists will be investigating the climate resilience of the European City of Görlitz-Zgorzelec with the aim of improving the security of the water supply and ensure the sustainable use of the transboundary groundwater system. Over EUR 1.7 million have been made available for this as part of the EU-INTERREG program Poland - Saxony 2021-2027.

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The international project consortium consists of the TUD, the Uniwersytet Śląski w Katowicach (University of Silesia in Katowice), the city administrations of Görlitz and Zgorzelec, the waterworks Görlitz and Zgorzelec. On the TUD side, the European Project Center (EPC) is responsible for administrative coordination.

The Institute of Groundwater Management is responsible for the management and implementation of whole project tasks, supported by the Core Facility Environmental Analytics and the Institute of Water Chemistry for the tasks related to environmental analysis with a focus on micropollutants. The project CRossWATER will make a significant contribution to transboundary cooperation and to securing the water supply in the European City of Görlitz-Zgorzelec - an important step towards a sustainable and climate-resilient future.

Contact person

Dr. Zhao Chen
Institute of Groundwater Management

Phone: +49 351 463-42556

Dr. Diana Burghardt
Institute of Groundwater Management

Phone: +49 351 463-42554

M.A. Franziska Lauer
European Project Center

Phone: +49 351 463-39689