1) A group of young children visited Gvendarbrunnur, a well that has supplied water to the capital area of Reykjavik, Iceland since 1909. 2) At the well, a guide explained how water is pumped from deep underground and piped to homes, and showed the children the pumping equipment. 3) They learned about the history of the well and how it provided residents with clean drinking water, unlike the untreated stream water used previously.

1. Visit to the well Gvendarbrunnur in Reykjavik Furugrund Iceland January 2009

3. We have to go there with a bus

4. Here we are, in the countryside

5. A young man told us all about the water and wells

6. The kids lis ten to him carefully

7. We also studyed. How it was in the old days? Then people had to get the water from the stream. It wasn’t good water because it ran above the ground. In 1908 people in Reykjavik decided to pump the water up from the ground to have good water.

8. This is like the pipe from the old days, in 1909….

9. … but now it is like this

10. There was a light board that showed where the water goes

11. They can push on buttons and see where the water goes

12. Then we went down into the earth

13. They pump the water up from the ground and then the water goes in the pipes to our homes

14. The children could look down and see the water deep down there

15. Here you can see the water

16. Pictures to explain

17. The pipes are very long as you can see. This one is just inside the pumphouse

18. The water tasted so good

19. In the pumphouse there was a show of animals who live in the water protect area

20. The mink catches the birds

21. We also see many types of fire hydrant

22. In the end the young man gave us T-shirts

23. I’m a Powerball

24. At home the children talked about where the wather comes from and what it’s made of, and draw a pictures

26. The end