Lower Saxon State Department for Waterway, Coastal and Nature Conservation

The Lower Saxon Department for Water, Coastal and Nature Conservation (NLWKN) (German: Niedersächsischer Landesbetrieb für Wasserwirtschaft, Küsten- und Naturschutz) is a department of the state of Lower Saxony, with its headquarters in Norden (Ostfriesland) and is responsible to the Minister for the Environment and Climate Protection.

Departements

NLWKN is structured in relatively independend departements for different services at Norden, Hanover and Lüneburg:

• Operation and maintenance of state-owned facilities and bodies of water, combating pollutant accidents, based in Norden
• Planning and construction of water management systems, based in Norden
• River basin management, state hydrological service, radiological monitoring, based in Norden
• General administration, finance, human resources, based in Norden
• Regional nature conservation, based in Hanover
• State-wide nature conservation, based in Hanover
• Allgemeine Verwaltung, Finanzen, Personal, Sitz in Norden
• Water management legislation, based in Lüneburg
• Landesweiter Naturschutz, Sitz in Hannover
• Coastal Research Center, based in Norden, formely in Norderney

NLWKN services

• national flood reporting service in the catchment areas of the Weser, Aller and Leine
• national storm surge warning service for the Lower Saxon coast
• current water level data (gauge measurements) for the Weser and Ems

External links

• Website: NLWKN