Aggertalsperre Lantenbach Campingplatz

Germany Lake 1 - Excellent

Aggertalsperre is a reservoir located in the Oberbergischer Kreis district of North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It has been designated as a bathing water body since 1980 and has been classified as "excellent" for water quality in each year from 2019 to 2022. The bathing area is located at the Lantenbach Campingplatz with a beach or shoreline section of 450 meters.

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Water

Aggertalsperre is a reservoir (Talsperre) classified as significantly modified. The water body has a surface area of 120 hectares with a catchment area of 10–100 km². The average depth is 10 meters and the maximum depth is 43 meters. Water level fluctuations are 2.5 meters. Water temperature ranges from 12.0°C to 24.2°C with an average of 18.1°C. pH values range from 6.6 to 8.5 with an average of 7.6. Conductivity ranges from 161 to 330 µS/cm. Water transparency averages 1.9 meters. The water body is stratified with a water exchange time exceeding 30 days. The water is oligotrophic with low nutrient content. The elevation is above 200 meters above sea level.

Location

Aggertalsperre is situated in the Oberbergischer Kreis district. The nearest city is Gummersbach. The responsible authority is located at Am Wiedenhof 1-3, 51643 Gummersbach. The bathing area is accessed at Lantenbach Campingplatz.

Water Quality

Water quality classification: excellent (2019, 2020, 2021, 2022). No relevant pollution sources have been identified. Monitoring indicates no microbiological or chemical contamination in sediments. Low fish stock present.

Risks

The danger of future cyanobacteria blooms is assessed as low. No cyanobacteria water blooms have been observed in the past four years. The risk of macroalgae (including filamentous algae) is low. The risk of future phytoplankton blooms is low.