1868: Chair of Civil Engineering Hydraulics at the Polytechnic Institute, Chair professor: Prof. W. Frauenholz
1877: Renaming of Polytechnic Institute to „Technische Hochschule München“ (equal ranking with all public universities in Bavaria)
1868-1893: Lecture series on hygiene and public health by Max Joseph von Pettenkofer, Bavarian chemist and hygienist and first Professor of Hygiene in Germany (Ludwig-Maximilian University)
1881-1909: Separation of „Urban water supply and drainage“ unit led by Associate Professor A. Frank
1909: Appointment of Prof. K. Hager. Integration of “Wastewater treatment” unit, led by Oberregierungsrat L. Sommer, later Regierungschemierat Dr. M. Streller (until 1925)
1919: Retirement of Prof. Hager, interim chair Oberregierungsrat L. Sommer
1924-1925: Interim chair Prof. O. Schreck
1925-1945: Establishment of the Chair “Urban Civil Engineering“, Chair: Prof. A. Göller
1940-1945: Lectureship “Sanitary engineering, water supply, and drainage design” by E. Stecher
1946: Appointment of Prof. Dr. h.c. A. Rucker to lead the chair „Urban Civil Engineering “
1965: Establishment of new Chair and Institute “Water Resource Management and Sanitary Engineering. Appointment of Prof. Dr.-Ing. G. Müller-Neuhaus
1971: Sudden death of Prof. Müller-Neuhaus. Interim chair Prof. Hartung (Water Resources and Hydraulic Engineering)
1973: Appointment of Prof. Dr.-Ing. W. Bischofsberger
1974: Renaming to “Chair and Testing Authority of Water Quality and Sanitary Engineering “
1991-2004: Appointment of Prof. Dr.-Ing. P. A. Wilderer. Renaming to “Chair and Testing Authority for Water Quality Control and Solid Waste Management“
