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Projects realized

Natural protection during weather events

Rainwater infiltration

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  • Projekte
  • 6 Sauberes Wasser und Sanitäreinrichtungen
  • 11 Nachhaltige Städte und Gemeinden

Rainwater from some of the TU Dortmund roof areas seeps into a pond in a natural way.

The precipitation that pours down on one of the largest buildings at TU Dortmund University has been collected in front of the building at Emil-Figge-Straße 50 since 2003. This has created a small pond surrounded by reeds on our campus. What is pleasing about this is not only the beautiful piece of nature, but also that the rainwater is no longer fed into the sewage system as dirty water and instead seeps into the ground naturally.

The rainwater infiltration project was awarded the "Water Mark" by the Emschergenossenschaft and included in the "Route of Rainwater".

Students on the meadow with spectral rings in the background in summer © Roland Baege​/​TU Dortmund

A new rainwater retention basin was built not far from the existing area, which is intended to protect the campus from flooding during heavy rain events, among other things. The TU Dortmund University has already identified other suitable potential areas for rainwater infiltration and wants to implement the successful project idea at other locations on campus.

Plant maintenance

The rainwater infiltration project in front of EF 50 is a construction, that needs maintenance in order to sustain its infiltration properties. This requires a yearly removal of the old water reed.