Stadtwerke Raunheim

Stadtwerke Raunheim is the municipal utility undertaking of the town of Raunheim, located in the Kreis Groß-Gerau in Hesse, Germany. It is organised as an Eigenbetrieb — a legally dependent municipal enterprise owned by the town — rather than as a separate corporation. Its origins lie in the town's former Eigenbetrieb for water supply and wastewater disposal, from which it developed into a multi-purpose municipal service provider with a broad portfolio of public-service tasks delivered by a compact staff team. The utility's core regulated business is water. It supplies drinking water to the roughly 14,900 residents of Raunheim as well as to 16 large commercial and industrial operations and other businesses and institutions in the town. It purchases drinking water from hessenwasser (Groß-Gerau) and from Stadtwerke Mainz, and it maintains the local distribution network, which is about 47 kilometres long and serves a supply area of 12.6 square kilometres. The water is hard, with a hardness of more than 14 °dH (formerly hardness range 3). On the wastewater side, Stadtwerke Raunheim is responsible for collecting and discharging foul, mixed and rainwater in the town. Treatment of foul and mixed water takes place at the sewage treatment plant operated by the Abwasserverband Rüsselsheim/Raunheim. The utility operates, maintains and repairs the sewer network, including special structures such as pumping stations, retention basins, rainwater treatment facilities and stormwater overflows, and it is also responsible for rehabilitating and renewing the sewers and these structures. The sewer network is approximately 60 kilometres long and includes fourteen pumping stations, five stormwater overflow basins, two retention basins or storage channels and four rainwater treatment facilities. Beyond water and wastewater, the Stadtwerke operate and maintain a range of sports and leisure facilities: an indoor swimming pool (Hallenbad), the Raunheimer Waldsee (a large natural lakeside bathing area), a gymnasium hall and a sports park. The indoor pool is used mainly by schools and clubs for swimming instruction and is open to general bathers on weekends between October and April. The Waldsee is a roughly 8-hectare lake with separated non-swimmer and swimmer zones and a surfing area, a gently sloping 2.1-hectare sunbathing lawn with sandy beach, a separate FKK area, and amenities including a kiosk, barbecue area, ball-play lawn, beach volleyball court and children's play equipment. The sports park comprises two grass and two hard courts, a 400-metre synthetic running track, high-jump, pole-vault, hammer-throw, shot-put and long-jump facilities, with floodlighting on three of the pitches. Since 1 January 2002 the Stadtwerke have also been responsible for all cemetery and burial matters, including cemetery administration and the upkeep and operation of Raunheim cemetery with horticultural care of the grounds. In 2003 responsibility for building maintenance of all municipal properties was added, and in 2014 an accounting service unit was established. In 2016 a set of tasks — waste disposal, street cleaning, the construction and operations yard, and green-space maintenance — was spun off to the AöR Städteservice Raunheim-Rüsselsheim, a public-law institution founded jointly with the neighbouring town of Rüsselsheim. The Stadtwerke thus remain a broad-purpose municipal provider focused on water, wastewater, cemetery services, municipal buildings and leisure facilities.

Stadtwerke Raunheim is the municipal utility undertaking of the town of Raunheim in the Kreis Groß-Gerau in Hesse, Germany. It is an Eigenbetrieb — a municipal enterprise that is legally dependent on the town and owned by it — rather than a separate company. The utility emerged from the town's former Eigenbetrieb for water supply and wastewater disposal. Over time it grew into an Eigenbetrieb with a very broadly diversified set of tasks and product offerings, delivering a wide range of municipal services of general interest through a compact staff team. A significant expansion of responsibilities occurred in the early 2000s. On 1 January 2002 the town transferred responsibility for the Raunheim cemetery and cemetery administration to the Stadtwerke. In 2003 building maintenance for all municipal properties was added to its remit. In 2014 the Stadtwerke established a service unit for accounting (Service-Einheit Rechnungswesen). In 2016 a portion of its tasks — waste disposal, street cleaning, the construction and operations yard (Bau- und Betriebshof) and green-space maintenance (Grünpflege) — was spun off to the AöR Städteservice Raunheim-Rüsselsheim, a public-law institution (Anstalt öffentlichen Rechts) founded jointly with the neighbouring town of Rüsselsheim. Today the Stadtwerke remain responsible for water supply, wastewater collection and disposal, cemetery and burial services, maintenance of municipal buildings, and the operation of sports and leisure facilities including the indoor swimming pool, the Raunheimer Waldsee, a gymnasium hall and the sports park.

• 1 January 2002: the town transferred responsibility for the Raunheim cemetery and cemetery administration to the Stadtwerke.

• 2003: building maintenance for all municipal properties was added to the Stadtwerke's remit.

• 2014: a service unit for accounting (Service-Einheit Rechnungswesen) was established.

• 2016: waste disposal, street cleaning, the construction and operations yard and green-space maintenance were spun off to the AöR Städteservice Raunheim-Rüsselsheim, founded jointly with Rüsselsheim.

Municipal utility providing local public services (water, wastewater, cemetery, buildings, leisure) as an Eigenbetrieb of the town of Raunheim.

• Drinking water supply

  Supplies drinking water to about 14,900 residents, 16 large commercial and industrial operations and other businesses and institutions in Raunheim; water is purchased from hessenwasser (Groß-Gerau) and Stadtwerke Mainz; maintains a 47 km network over a 12.6 km² supply area; water hardness exceeds 14 °dH.

• Wastewater collection and disposal

  Responsible for collecting and discharging foul, mixed and rainwater; treatment at the plant operated by the Abwasserverband Rüsselsheim/Raunheim; operates and maintains a ~60 km sewer network with 14 pumping stations, 5 stormwater overflow basins, 2 retention basins/storage channels and 4 rainwater treatment facilities.

• Cemetery and burial services

  Since 1 January 2002 responsible for cemetery administration and the upkeep and operation of Raunheim cemetery, including horticultural care of the grounds.

• Indoor swimming pool (Hallenbad)

  Operated and maintained by the Stadtwerke; used mainly by schools and clubs for swimming instruction; open to general bathers on weekends between October and April.

• Raunheimer Waldsee

  A large natural lakeside bathing area of about 8 hectares with separated non-swimmer and swimmer zones and a surfing area; 2.1-hectare sloping sunbathing lawn with sandy beach; separate FKK area; kiosk, barbecue area, ball-play lawn, beach volleyball court and children's play equipment.

• Gymnasium hall (Turnhalle)

  Operated and maintained by the Stadtwerke; used mainly by schools and clubs, and also used for exhibitions.

• Sports park Raunheim

  Comprises two grass and two hard courts, a 400-metre synthetic running track, high-jump, pole-vault, hammer-throw, shot-put and long-jump facilities; three pitches have floodlighting.

1. 1Startseite | Stadt Raunheimraunheim.de
2. 2Stadtwerke Raunheim – Wikidatawikidata.org
3. 3Stadtwerke Raunheim – Wikipedia (German)de.wikipedia.org