Water association
A water purpose association or a Abwasserzweckverband under German national law a consortium of communities to a purpose association , of these, to the area of local autonomy decreases scoring task, the water supply , the flood protection , the water maintenance or the waste water treatment to organize. The joint organization of this task may be necessary in order to achieve the appropriate utilization of a sewage treatment plant or to ensure the water supply of the municipality beyond the capacity of its own water extraction systems or to achieve effective protection against floods. The maintenance of rivers is or can be the task of a water association. In metropolitan areas like the Ruhr area or the Rhine-Main area in particular , the crisis-proof procurement of a sufficient amount of drinking water can become a complex task that requires the construction of a network of long-distance pipelines and the multiple interlinking of special-purpose associations.
A special purpose association is not to be confused with a water and soil association regulated by federal law .
aims
- Water supply
- Drinking water supply
- Domestic water supply
- Wastewater treatment and discharge (sewer operation)
- Wastewater treatment
- Rainwater disposal
- Flood protection
- Water maintenance
organs
Organs of the association are the association assembly and the association board.
Members of the Zweckverband are the municipalities or cities that are represented in the association assembly by elected or specific municipal council members. As a rule, the association assembly elects the members of the association board, the association chairman (or chairperson) and his or her deputy.
administration
- Association chairman
- Association engineer
- Water master
- Water or damming attendants
Smaller special-purpose associations sometimes do without their own staff and use the staff of one or more member communities to carry out their tasks. The relevant municipality then receives a contribution to administrative costs from the association . As an intermediate form, some, especially administrative tasks, for which own staff is not worthwhile, such as B. payroll, done by a member community, while the operational core tasks of own employees such. B. clarifiers, are carried out.
Likewise, there is often no full-time association chairman for smaller special-purpose associations. This function is often performed by the mayor of a member municipality.
Statutes
- Association statutes
- Articles of Association of Contributions and Fees
- Compensation Statute