diff --git a/Applications/ApplicationsLib/ProjectData.cpp b/Applications/ApplicationsLib/ProjectData.cpp
index b0bf49b8158c5a15f6090f53e701672aa8679fb7..5446b0fa99ba2c0bd8c8627d0ae79eaf2cb4059e 100644
--- a/Applications/ApplicationsLib/ProjectData.cpp
+++ b/Applications/ApplicationsLib/ProjectData.cpp
@@ -552,6 +552,16 @@ ProjectData::parseChemicalSolverInterface(
             "the time being. Please set 'Phreeqc'' as the chemical solver for "
             "reactive transport modeling.");
     }
+    else if (boost::iequals(chemical_solver, "SelfContained"))
+    {
+        INFO(
+            "Use self-contained chemical solver for water chemistry "
+            "calculation.");
+
+        chemical_solver_interface = ChemistryLib::createChemicalSolverInterface<
+            ChemistryLib::ChemicalSolver::SelfContained>(
+            _mesh_vec, _linear_solvers, *config, output_directory);
+    }
     else
     {
         OGS_FATAL(
diff --git a/ChemistryLib/CMakeLists.txt b/ChemistryLib/CMakeLists.txt
index 1c0f7a880c48a8fed2e35316859fb095d2e12637..7ee84dc15ce19e6c509795d82f80f49da7f78571 100644
--- a/ChemistryLib/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ChemistryLib/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 get_source_files(SOURCES)
 append_source_files(SOURCES PhreeqcIOData)
 append_source_files(SOURCES PhreeqcKernelData)
+append_source_files(SOURCES SelfContainedSolverData)
 append_source_files(SOURCES Common)
 
 # Create the library
diff --git a/ChemistryLib/ChemicalSolverType.h b/ChemistryLib/ChemicalSolverType.h
index 5448c2c2c42a162e9b6c3551e43da10be3927e21..4a34925d754cab809035d5196287f526ebce02f5 100644
--- a/ChemistryLib/ChemicalSolverType.h
+++ b/ChemistryLib/ChemicalSolverType.h
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ namespace ChemistryLib
 enum class ChemicalSolver
 {
     Phreeqc,
-    PhreeqcKernel
+    PhreeqcKernel,
+    SelfContained
 };
 }  // namespace ChemistryLib
diff --git a/ChemistryLib/CreateChemicalSolverInterface.cpp b/ChemistryLib/CreateChemicalSolverInterface.cpp
index 0b72c904eb00c9efe40e6557a452c1cab328234e..87058f69db360e52bd5b843481ef9de60fc87240 100644
--- a/ChemistryLib/CreateChemicalSolverInterface.cpp
+++ b/ChemistryLib/CreateChemicalSolverInterface.cpp
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include "BaseLib/ConfigTree.h"
 #include "BaseLib/FileTools.h"
 #include "Common/CreateReactionRate.h"
+#include "MathLib/LinAlg/Eigen/EigenMapTools.h"
 #include "MeshLib/Mesh.h"
 #include "PhreeqcIO.h"
 #include "PhreeqcIOData/ChemicalSystem.h"
@@ -35,6 +36,8 @@
 #include "PhreeqcKernelData/CreateEquilibriumReactants.h"
 #include "PhreeqcKernelData/CreateKineticReactant.h"
 #include "PhreeqcKernelData/ReactionRate.h"
+#include "SelfContainedSolverData/CreateChemicalReactionData.h"
+#include "SelfContainedSolverData/SelfContainedSolver.h"
 
 namespace
 {
@@ -190,4 +193,66 @@ createChemicalSolverInterface<ChemicalSolver::PhreeqcKernel>(
         std::move(aqueous_solution), std::move(equilibrium_reactants),
         std::move(kinetic_reactants), std::move(reaction_rates));
 }
+
+template <>
+std::unique_ptr<ChemicalSolverInterface>
+createChemicalSolverInterface<ChemicalSolver::SelfContained>(
+    std::vector<std::unique_ptr<MeshLib::Mesh>> const& meshes,
+    std::map<std::string, std::unique_ptr<GlobalLinearSolver>> const&
+        linear_solvers,
+    BaseLib::ConfigTree const& config, std::string const& /*output_directory*/)
+{
+    auto mesh_name =
+        //! \ogs_file_param{prj__chemical_system__mesh}
+        config.getConfigParameter<std::string>("mesh");
+
+    // Find and extract mesh from the list of meshes.
+    auto const& mesh = *BaseLib::findElementOrError(
+        std::begin(meshes), std::end(meshes),
+        [&mesh_name](auto const& mesh)
+        {
+            assert(mesh != nullptr);
+            return mesh->getName() == mesh_name;
+        },
+        "Required mesh with name '" + mesh_name + "' not found.");
+
+    assert(mesh.getID() != 0);
+    DBUG("Found mesh '{:s}' with id {:d}.", mesh.getName(), mesh.getID());
+
+    auto const ls_name =
+        //! \ogs_file_param{prj__chemical_system__linear_solver}
+        config.getConfigParameter<std::string>("linear_solver");
+    auto& linear_solver = BaseLib::getOrError(
+        linear_solvers, ls_name,
+        "A linear solver with the given name does not exist.");
+
+    auto chemical_reaction_data =
+        SelfContainedSolverData::createChemicalReactionData(
+            //! \ogs_file_param{prj__chemical_system__chemical_reactions}
+            config.getConfigSubtree("chemical_reactions"));
+
+    // create sparse stoichiometric matrix
+    std::vector<double> stoichiometric_matrix_vec;
+    for (auto const& per_chemical_reaction_data : chemical_reaction_data)
+    {
+        stoichiometric_matrix_vec.insert(
+            stoichiometric_matrix_vec.end(),
+            per_chemical_reaction_data->stoichiometric_vector.begin(),
+            per_chemical_reaction_data->stoichiometric_vector.end());
+    }
+
+    auto const num_components =
+        //! \ogs_file_param{prj__chemical_system__number_of_components}
+        config.getConfigParameter<int>("number_of_components");
+
+    Eigen::MatrixXd const stoichiometric_matrix = MathLib::toMatrix(
+        stoichiometric_matrix_vec, num_components, num_components);
+
+    Eigen::SparseMatrix<double> sparse_stoichiometric_matrix;
+    sparse_stoichiometric_matrix = stoichiometric_matrix.sparseView();
+
+    return std::make_unique<SelfContainedSolverData::SelfContainedSolver>(
+        mesh, *linear_solver, sparse_stoichiometric_matrix,
+        std::move(chemical_reaction_data));
+}
 }  // namespace ChemistryLib
diff --git a/ChemistryLib/SelfContainedSolverData/SelfContainedSolver.h b/ChemistryLib/SelfContainedSolverData/SelfContainedSolver.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..51876fe33cd8b70dd85e5841efe90d58df62f293
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ChemistryLib/SelfContainedSolverData/SelfContainedSolver.h
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/**
+ * \file
+ * \copyright
+ * Copyright (c) 2012-2022, OpenGeoSys Community (http://www.opengeosys.org)
+ *            Distributed under a Modified BSD License.
+ *              See accompanying file LICENSE.txt or
+ *              http://www.opengeosys.org/project/license
+ *
+ */
+
+#pragma once
+
+#include <Eigen/Sparse>
+#include <memory>
+
+#include "ChemicalReaction.h"
+#include "ChemistryLib/ChemicalSolverInterface.h"
+
+namespace ChemistryLib
+{
+namespace SelfContainedSolverData
+{
+class SelfContainedSolver final : public ChemicalSolverInterface
+{
+public:
+    SelfContainedSolver(MeshLib::Mesh const& mesh,
+                        GlobalLinearSolver& linear_solver,
+                        Eigen::SparseMatrix<double>
+                            stoichiometric_matrix,
+                        std::vector<std::unique_ptr<ChemicalReaction>>
+                            chemical_reactions)
+        : ChemicalSolverInterface(mesh, linear_solver),
+          _stoichiometric_matrix(stoichiometric_matrix),
+          _chemical_reactions(std::move(chemical_reactions))
+    {
+    }
+
+    Eigen::SparseMatrix<double> const* getStoichiometricMatrix() const override
+    {
+        return &_stoichiometric_matrix;
+    }
+
+    double getKineticPrefactor(unsigned int reaction_id) const override
+    {
+        return _chemical_reactions[reaction_id]->getKineticPrefactor();
+    }
+
+private:
+    Eigen::SparseMatrix<double> _stoichiometric_matrix;
+    std::vector<std::unique_ptr<ChemicalReaction>> _chemical_reactions;
+};
+}  // namespace SelfContainedSolverData
+}  // namespace ChemistryLib