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hydrodaten.admin.ch with new content

The portal www.hydrodaten.admin.ch has a new look: hydrological data and forecasts as well as flood alerts appear in a new design. The site has been completely revised and new content has been added.

Portal «Hydrologische Daten und Vorhersagen» des BAFU
Image: BAFU

The «Hydrological data and forecasts» portal of the Federal Office for the Environment FOEN appears in a new design. The site has been completely revised and supplemented with new content and functionalities. For example:

  • Water level forecasts for lakes
  • Additional data on oxygen, turbidity, etc. of watercourses
  • Trend information in the overview map of groundwater levels and a new overview map of groundwater temperature
  • Interactive annual trend graphs with the option of comparing the current year with selected earlier years and setting them against the norm period.
  • Sortable station lists

Some technical functionalities will be added in the coming weeks.

Categories

  • Flood
  • Groundwater
  • Hydrology
  • Hydrospheres
  • Lakes