Impoundment rights

The storage means a right reserved for before the Prussian reforms only nobles and monasteries right to demand taxes for the damming of rivers and streams. It was eliminated by the Prussian reforms in the 19th century and replaced by the water economically motivated state award of usage rights.

According to § 8 and § 9 of the Water Resources Act ( WHG) damming of surface waters usually a permit or license required pursuant to § 10 WHG.