Water supply in the state of Hesse: an extra consumption is extra expensive

The music came from above: Under the Patter of the shower on the roof of the Oberursel meeting hall is closed on Monday, the peaks of the water procurement Asso

Water supply in the state of Hesse: an extra consumption is extra expensive

The music came from above: Under the Patter of the shower on the roof of the Oberursel meeting hall is closed on Monday, the peaks of the water procurement Association of the Taunus and the Hessen Wasser GmbH & co. KG a new water delivery contract.

Bernhard Biener

correspondent of the Rhein-Main-Zeitung for the high Taunus district.

F. A. Z.

the fact that the six cities of Bad Homburg, Friedrichsdorf, Kronberg, königstein, Oberursel and Steinbach from the Hoch-Taunus and Eschborn from the neighboring Main-Taunus-Kreis for a further ten years refer to a year, 2.9 million cubic meters of drinking water from Hessen water can agreed. It comes from infiltration facilities in the city forest of Frankfurt and the Hessian "Ried", and delivered via wires to the two transfer points to the Long mile to the South of Bad Homburg, and the high-level tank Praunheim in Steinbach.

The delivery is not necessary, because the self-promotion from the studs and abrasions at the Taunus slopes. Eschborn, Germany, and Steinbach, have any of your own fountain. The reference amount has not changed with the new contract, but the Management of demand peaks, said Hesse water-managing Director Elisabeth Jreisat. "Previously, there were fixed Standards, such that a single container had to have in a city to 8 o'clock in the morning up to a certain level", says the managing Director. Now the water levels day and night digital would be controlled, so that there is between the different municipalities compensation. Jreisat described the flexibility as "The tank to breathe." The necessary process control technology is largely in place.

Date Of Update: 01 July 2020, 06:20