From Paddy and Timm
How does the water come to Munich? This map shows the supplies of Munich We visited one of this Supply points The Mangfalltal Munich's water supply shows an example of how you can transport water cheaply and efficiently. In the Mangfalltal, ground water is collected from Raisacher Schlössl - without the use of pumps and thus excluding energy costs – transported to 40 km distant Munich.
The Mangfalltal The entrance into the first place , where the water comes out of the hill One of eight stations
The second point of our water-discovering trip The water collection , the cistern
inside the water reservoir
The Transport from Mangfalltal to Munich Our guide in a watertube The pipes between Munich and Mangfalltal are 40 miles long
The use of water in Munich For swimming pools For bathing And much more
How much water do we consume daily? Every day we consume 230l
Water use during the Germany World Cup game against Costa Rica
Our trip into the sewerage
In the sewerage Facts and Figures * 1,200 km walk canals and 1,146 kilometers ducts * 13 rain pelvic restraint systems with a total volume of 706,000 cubic meters *Submerged plants and rain overflows * 141,000 house connections and 70,000 street guided processes around 192 million cubic meters of wastewater from Munich and the surrounding area into a sewer * 2 sewage treatment plants and 1 sludge incinerator * Approximately 850 employees * Approximately 230 million euros turnover
And sometimes even accidents happen
Our try to build a raft
And, it swims?
Not really ;-)