Institute for Water and Waste Management Law
The Institute for Water and Waste Management Law (IRWE) is dedicated to the scientific analysis and practical teaching of a dynamic and socially significant area of public law. Water and waste management are at the heart of global challenges – from the sustainable use of natural resources and the technical expansion of critical infrastructure to the complex regulatory requirements of German and European environmental law.
The Institute combines sound research with scientific exchange and sees itself as an interdisciplinary interface between law, administration, economics, and technology. Its goal is to provide students, practitioners, and decision-makers with high-level scientific qualifications and to promote professional dialogue on key future issues in water and waste management.
We invite you to get to know the institute, its research activities, and its events, and to join us in shaping the legal framework for sustainable and future-proof public services.
Contact
We would be happy to keep you informed about future events and activities at the institute. You can send us your contact details by email.
Contact:
Tel.: 0228/73-9151
Fax: 0228/73-5582
E-Mail: irwe@uni-bonn.de
Adress:
Mailing Address: Institut für das Recht der Wasser- und Entsorgungswirtschaft an der Universität Bonn, Adenauerallee 24 - 42, 53113 Bonn
Office: Adenauerallee 44, 53113 Bonn - 3. OG, Raum 3F 05
Library: Adenauerallee 44, 53113 Bonn - Erdegeschoss
The Institute at a glance
Conferences
Here you will find an overview of current and upcoming events.
Library
The library of the Institute for Water and Waste Management Law is probably the most important specialist library for water law in Germany.
The Institute
Get an overview of the institute's tasks, history, employees, and financial background.
The IRWE-Library
The library's collection focuses on environmental, water, and recycling law, naturally with relevant references to European and international law.
Library opening hours:
- Tuesdays, 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
- and by appointment
Institute for Water and Waste Management Law at the University of Bonn
Adenauerallee 44, 53113 Bonn - Ground floor
Tasks of the institute
The most important activities of the Institute for Water and Waste Management Law at the University of Bonn include:
- publishing the series “Das Recht der Wasser- und Entsorgungswirtschaft” (Water and Waste Management Law),
- regularly holding water law colloquiums at the University of Bonn, and
- hosting the North Rhine-Westphalia Environmental Law Days, one of Germany's most important conferences in the field of environmental protection.
The institute pursues the following objectives as part of its activities:
- to promote water law at the university in teaching in connection with all three main areas of German law—public law, civil law, and criminal law—in particular as a component of economic administrative law and environmental law;
- to organize a dialogue between water law teaching and research on the one hand and water management practice on the other
- to address the main issues of water law scientifically, propose practical solutions, and point out ways to improve the enforcement of water law
- to provide impetus for legislation in the field of water law, wastewater levy law, municipal drainage law, and environmental law as a whole,
- to explain the state of the art in literature and case law in the field of water law in continuing education courses and
- to discuss related issues of practical enforcement,
- to further develop water law as a model case for interdisciplinary research by highlighting the connections between legal, technical, economic, business, and administrative problems.
Staff
The Institute's publication series
One of the institute's most important activities is the publication of the series “Das Recht der Wasser- und Entsorgungswirtschaft” (Water and Waste Management Law), which has been published by Carl Heymanns Verlag since issue 11 and now comprises well over 50 volumes, providing a unique overview of German, European, and international water management law and waste management law.
Further information can be found here.