Land promotes improvement in water supply in Waldshut-Tiengen

In order to continue to be the citizens in Waldshut-Tiengen safely and reliably with to supply drinking water , the Ministry of Environment promotes the construction of the new elevator Kaitle in Waldshut-Tiengen. The district town of Waldshut-Tiengen received the grant over around 1.9 million euros on December 22, 2022.

"With the support promised today, the city of Waldshut-Tiengen can implement another important building block for future-proof water supply," said Environment Minister Thekla Walker in Stuttgart. "Because it is particularly important to us to provide the population in the country now and in the future with high -quality drinking water. The progressive Climate change . href = "https://um.baden-wuerttemberg.de/de/umwelt-natur/wasser-und-boden/wasserversorgung" class = "link-extremal"> secure drinking water supply

New high tank ensures the drinking water supply in Waldshut-Tiengen

In the case of Waldshut-Tiengen's water supply, a structural report on the water supply of the district town from 2018 has resulted in a clear deficit in the future water balance. In order to counteract an impending supply bottleneck, Waldshut-Tiengen has already taken important countermeasures. This includes the renewal of the deep well and the construction of a new deep well. The measure now approved to build another elevator complements these two measures. In the future, more drinking water for the district town is to be saved and distributed in the new elevator Kaitle.

In a new vertical fountain, funded water is conveyed over two underwater pumps and mixed with groundwater from another deep fountain in the district town (deep fountain lower new meadows) in the new elevator Kaitle. The Kaitle elevator consists of two water chambers, each of which has a volume of 1,700 cubic meters. So that the technical operating personnel can monitor the elevator directly, its control is also connected to the remote control system.

implementation should be completed in 2025

The granting expenses of the total measure amount to around 3.8 million euros. This means that the country's grant is almost 50 percent. The implementation of the measure should be completed in 2025.

The water supply of the district town of Waldshut-Tiengen is characterized by a variety of supply areas and different water extraction systems. Both spring water from the slopes of the Black Forest, as well as groundwater from the Black Forest foreland, the approximately 25,000 inhabitants of the district town provide drinking water.

Ministry of the Environment, Climate and Energy Management: Water supply Baden-Württemberg