Liblarer See Badestrand

Germany Lake 1 - Excellent

Liblarer See is an artificial bathing lake located in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis region of Germany. The bathing area covers 250 metres of shoreline along a lake with a surface area of 52.8 hectares. The lake was created in 1958 and has been designated as a bathing water under EU regulations since 1989. Water quality has been rated as excellent consistently over the past four years (2020–2023).

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Water

Artificial lake with a surface area of 52.8 hectares. Average water temperature is 19.3°C (range 14.5–22.3°C). pH value averages 7.99 (range 7.65–8.19). Water transparency exceeds 2 metres. Average water depth is 5.1 metres with a maximum depth of 13.8 metres. Water exchange time exceeds 30 days. The lake bed is silt and loam. Water level fluctuations are very minor, less than 10 centimetres.

Location

Liblarer See is located near Erftstadt in the Rhein-Erft-Kreis district. The operator is Charlotte Kürsten, Am See, 50374 Erftstadt. The responsible authority is Rhein-Erft-Kreis Health Department in Bergheim (50124).

Water Quality

Water quality classification: excellent (2020–2023). Conductivity averages 510 µS/cm (range 500–560 µS/cm). No relevant pollution sources identified. No microbiological or chemical contamination of sediments detected.

Risks

Bird presence noted but currently poses no relevant impact on bathing water quality. Risk of future cyanobacterial mass development assessed as low. Risk of future macroalgae and phytoplankton mass development assessed as low. No cercariae (duck fleas causing swimmer's itch) detected.