Overview
Environmental protection at water supply companies (WVU)
Anyone who works with WVU in the long term must be in step with the times…
In addition to economically efficient value creation, ecological resource conservation is indispensable for a WVU. After all, water is life and life is a cycle. The cycles of water must remain clean. Only those who take care of our drinking water are aware of their holistic responsibility.
There are approx. 4.500 water supply companies (WVU) and 6.000 waterworks in Germany....
Every year, Germany needs 5 billions of cubic meters of drinking water. And here it comes:
2.5 billion m3 of drinking water, i.e. 50% of the total annual drinking water demand in Germany, is provided by only 61 WVU. 50% of the output therefore comes from 1.4% of the companies.
Why is that so? Water suppliers to large cities face the challenge of supplying drinking water to many households and businesses. Others of the 61 large utilities supply water to gigantic industries. Where industry gathers, a lot of water is needed and wastewater is produced. A prodigious task for a few WVU.
Fast reactions for water supply technology
Market requirements have changed drastically and go on doing so.
The amount of available, clean water has been, is, and will always be a fundamental component of human civilization, a healthy ecosystem, and the economic development of a location. Climate changes, population fluctuations, and associated incalculable demand for food and energy: much pays into the account of changing market demands. The Industrial Revolution 4.0, which many water utilities are following, is changing the market even more rapidly.
Innovations of water suppliers and the water industry
The German water supply companies (WVU) are full of innovations.
to protect the environment, build efficient plants and meet the growing demand for clean drinking water. Innovations are not a buzzword, but a necessary condition in water management. Increasing demand with decreasing resources, e.g. due to decreasing groundwater formation as a socio-economic problem, requires innovative technology.
Special valves for WVU plant design
No two waterworks or water supply companies are alike. Circumstances such as altitude, proximity to rivers or the type of water treatment determine the structure of each plant. Some water masters obtain the vital liquid from wells and groundwater, others as bank filtrate from lakes. Each plant requires different filter systems, different pumps, different water circuits. One sterilizes with ozone, another by oxidation, one has the compatible gravel filter and yet another has completely different system solutions in use.