New industrial and commercial developments are dependent on a reliable water supply. Innovative concepts are therefore needed to ensure efficient and sustainable water utilisation. You can find out how the industrial water cycle in the planned High-Tech park in the south of Magdeburg achieves greater water efficiency by reusing and recycling process wastewater in the latest clip in our “High-Tech inside” video series.
Water the basis of all life as an indispensable element the sustainable and careful use of this resource is of essential importance as a vital element water essentially regenerates itself through the natural water cycle this cycle begins with the evaporation of water from lakes rivers and oceans by the
Sun and leads to cloud formation through through the condensation of water vapor and then to precipitation back onto the Earth in the form of rain or snow this water seeps into the ground and reappears in bodies of water such as lakes rivers and oceans from which it originally
Came this is a process that continuously supplies us with water via the natural cycle although sax anhalt is a region with little precipitation and part of the central German arid region it still has abundant Water Resources thanks to the reservoirs in the hars mountains the
Citz lling arida and the Elba as a major river this means that people and nature in the magnor region and Beyond can be provided with a good and sustainable supply of water the economy in central Germany also requires good water quality for industrial production processes the drinking water provided in our region is
Largely sourced from natural groundwater resources in the citz let linger Haida which are replenished by river water from the aura however water requirements fluctuate if people move away the demand for drinking water decreases if new inhabitants arrive it increases Economic Development has also an influence after the demand for water in the magdor
Region fell sharply in the early 1990s due to the collapse of industry and the decline in population after reunification it is now Rising again this is also due to new companies settling in the region making it once again economically more robust the increasingly dry summers in particular
Raise the question of whether there will be enough water for everyone in the future one thing is clear sustainable development is an absolute prerequisite for this the high-tech park being planned in the south of magdor will require a lot of additional water it is therefore important not to waste
Anything but to reuse the water required as much as possible the first step in the supply concept is to restore the original capacity of the cbits Waterworks and to recharge the groundwater Supply in the cbits linger Hider the water balance in the river Ora catchment area will be stabilized with
Water from the middle land Canal so let’s follow the water on its future path we start at the elbow from here the water is pumped into the middle land Canal this canal serves as a transport vehicle for the water it is then channeled into the drling biosphere Reserve where it is temporarily stored
And helps to preserve the original moand the Surplus water supports the water flow in the river Aura so that water can be reliably taken from this river by the pumping station in satella channeled into the CIT linger Hyer and infiltrated there via large infiltration basins in this way the groundwater
Reserves are increased so that sufficient groundwater can be extracted from Wells and treated at the citz Waterworks the Waterworks ensure the supply of water for around 450,000 people and companies in murg and the region via an extensive network of pipes these Waterworks will also cover the water requirements of the high-tech
Park in the south of the state capital magnor it is available to all companies there after the water has been used in production and contaminated in the process it is purified in one of the most modern water treatment plants in Europe This removes all pollutants to the greatest possible
Extent so that water can be made available to the companies for further use such as for cooling in the cooling process water is by the way released through evaporation to the atmosphere and returned to the natural water cycle their proportion is of course larger in summer than in Winter
Due to the higher outside temperatures depending on which companies are located in the high-tech Park and for which purposes they require water the water can be used again in the production process how the range of uses for the treated water can be expanded it is the subject of ongoing planning a
Substantial amount of treated waste water is discharged back into the elbow this waste water is significantly cleaner than the water in the elbow itself it mixes there with the river water and flows northwards the cycle then starts all over again at the middle land Canal the elb’s water supply is
More than sufficient for this even at the lowest discharges ever measured in the elbow less than 1% of the water is ever required some of which is also channeled back into the river this ensures that comparatively little water is withdrawn from this Source every single step of the entire process is
Subject to a statutory authorization procedure and is subject to ongoing strict controls plans for an additional elbow Waterworks are already underway to ensure a long-term supply of water water in the region and to make it more resilient to the effects of climate change ultimately some of the water
Extracted for these Waterworks will be returned to the Elbow after use and thus not removed from the natural water cycle