BoRSiS soil-pipe system – implemented for the first time

BoRSiS soil-pipe system – implemented for the first time

The town of Leichlingen (Rhineland) has taken the first steps towards becoming a sponge city with the Friedensstraße rainwater disconnection project – a pilot project for the sponge city of Leichlingen. In order to be able to respond better to heavy rainfall, dry periods and heat waves, the town is focusing on innovative rainwater projects …

The BoRSiS soil-pipe system

The BoRSiS soil-pipe system

Despite many efforts to slow down man-made climate change and limit global warming to below 2 °C, ideally even to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, climate change continues unabated. Against this backdrop, the implementation of measures to adapt to the consequences of climate change is becoming …