The document discusses where the city of Salzburg gets its drinking water. It notes that on average 37 million liters of crystal clear water are consumed in Salzburg daily. 90% of the drinking water comes from groundwater sources in nearby areas, which is then fed into large storage containers on hills above the city and distributed via a complex pipeline system. The journey from the source to the tap takes about one day, keeping the water fresh.

1. Fromwherewetakeourwater
The crystalclearwaterisoneofthegreatestressourcesofthe Salzburg
region. The drinkingwater in thecityof Salzburg isbynature so
wellthatitcanbewithoutanyprocessingorfilteringforwardeddirectlytot
heconsumer. On average, in thecityof Salzburg areconsumeddaily 37
millionlitersofwater. The individual citizenhas a
dailyconsumptionofabout 200 liters. These
consistofflushingthetoilet, personalcare, laundry, cleaning,
wateringplants, cookinganddrinking.
But wheredoesthiswateractuallyspring ingupdaily so obviousfromour
taps?
In thecity on the Mönchsberg is an elevated tank, whichiswith its25
millionlitersofcapacity an importantcomponentforthe Salzburg
drinkingwatersupply. 90
percentofourdrinkingwatercomesfromgroundwatersources in
Glaneggand St. Leonhard andfromthegroundwaterworksTaugl. The
waterisfedintothe high container on Mönchsberg andat
Kapuzinerberg andthendistributed via a complexpipelinenetwork in
everyhousehold. The journeytakesabo utoneday. Becausethewater is in
coldanddarktubesand constantlymoving, itisalwaysfresh out ofourtap.
Iswaterimportantforus?
Water ist he mostimportantthingforhumans. In
austriathisisoneofourbiggestressources.
Weneedwaterfor drinking... wecandrinkitdirectlyfromthetap.
We also usewater forflushingthetoilet, personalcare, laundry,
cleaning, wateringplants, cookinganddrinking.
Last weekwewantedtoknowhowmuchwat er do weneedduringthefirst
4hours in school.(just myclass 2nd graders)

2. Howcanwehelpto save water?
Everyonecanhelpto save water Leakingcisternsrepairimm ediately.
Forexample
Repairlickingcisternsimmediately.Alickingcisternwastestheamounto
f 100 fullbaths a year.
Whilebrushingteethandshaving onlyrunwaterwhenyoureallyneed it.
Showersinsteadofbaths. A showerusesonl y a thirdoftheamountof a
fullbath.
Car washaslittleaspossible.
Forwateringthegarden, theroofw atercollected in rain barrels.
Washingmachinesanddishwashersrunonlywhentheyarefull.

3. Modern taps moreeconomical. Thereare also
flowandsavingshowerknobs. Weinstalled a filter in ourtps in school so
lesswaterruns down.
Press thesmallbuttonforflushingthetoilet i fit ispossible.
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