Robert Scheller: New plant manager for drinking water supply!

Robert Scheller: New plant manager for drinking water supply!

Main-Spessart, Deutschland - A fresh wind blows the Zweckverband Fernwasserung Mittelmain (FWM): Robert Scheller has taken over the management of the association and has fresh ideas and extensive experience. Since June 18, 2025, he has been at the head of the FWM together with the previous plant manager Alexander Pfenning and will face the challenges of drinking water supply for the districts of Würzburg and Main-Spessart. Association chairman Thomas Eberth congratulated Scheller for election and was certain that he has the necessary competence to strategically develop the association. Mainpost reports that the personnel interlinking with the municipal company of the district of Würzburg, whose board of directors has been assessed as particularly advantageous.

The region benefits directly from the innovations in the FWM, because the association ensures the drinking water supply of around 100,000 inhabitants. With a concentrated force, consisting of 14 wells, a processing plant as well as water storage and distribution systems, the association not only covers the basic supply, but also has the goal of steadily optimizing drinking water quality. FWM supplies large parts of the districts of Main-Spessart and Würzburg and is therefore a central instance for the local water supply, such as FWM itself emphasizes .

water requirement and consumption

Almost everyone in Germany comes into contact with public water supply. In 2022, the average drinking water consumption per person was 126 liters every day. According to Environmental Office This is 18 liters less than in 1991, a sign of increasing awareness among the population for the economical handling of resources. The water losses from pipe breaks have also decreased and are now 469 million cubic meters compared to 758 million cubic meters in 1991.

The importance of groundwater as the most important resource for drinking water preparation remains undisputed. With a total consumption of 5.3 billion cubic meters of raw water, around 4.7 billion cubic meters of drinking water were provided in 2022. Of this, around 3.8 billion cubic meters went to private households and smaller businesses, while schools, authorities and hospitals were supplied with 862 million cubic meters. Even if the total need for drinking water has dropped in recent years, the hot summer show an increasing tendency towards water consumption.

The new challenges in the water management, coupled with Robert Scheller's fresh approach, could therefore provide many exciting developments in the region. It remains to be seen how the strategies of the new plant manager to further optimize the drinking water supply are implemented. However, one thing is certain: water remains a precious asset, and the FWM stands for the fact that the quality and reliability of the drinking water supply is kept at the highest level.