"To commit to the established in the Porto Declaration: to address water pollution or water efficiency, water scarcity or flooding or any of the other concerns regarding the state of water resources within and beyond municipal boundaries."
Felicitas Kubala, Environment Mayor
The central sewage treatment plant, located north of Sandhofen, cleans an average of 96,000 m³ of wastewater from households, industry and trade from the entire urban area. The effluent flows through the sewage treatment plant within fourteen hours, before it is purified and filtered into the river Rhine: the water undergoes a mechanical and biological sewage treatment. Since July 2016, 90% of annual wastewater is treated with activated carbon; this fourth stage of cleaning facilitates the removal of substances such as residues of medicine, X-ray contrast agents or household chemicals. Through this process, the wastewater from the city of Mannheim is largely freed from pollutants, nutrients and trace elements before it flows into the river Rhine.
Interested in finding out more? You can read more about the project by following this link, or by contacting the Managing Director of the Wastewater Departmen, Alexander Mauritz (e-mail: alexander.maurit[at]mannheim.de)
Aereal picture of a pollutants removal plant
Alexander Mauritz (Managing Director of the Wastewater Department)
Alexander is a senior expert for advanced wastewater treatment with experience in a consultancy company, a process engineering company and the public sector. He is also a member in the presidium of the AöW (Alliance of Public Water Management).
Location within country
Mannheim is located in the southwest of Germany on the rivers Rhine and Neckar. It is the heart of the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region.
Number of inhabitants
316,265 (2017)
Main economic sectors
- Service
- Automotive industry
- Electrical industry
- Medical industry
- IT
- Chemical industry
Source/s of water supply
Groundwater
Main utilities providing water and waste water services
- Water: MVV, company, 50,1 % owned by the City of Mannheim
- Wastewater: owner-operated municipal enterprise of the City of Mannheim
More information: www.mannheim.de
Updated: September 2017