Sponge City
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 …
Contributions Annual Issue 56 - 2023
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 …
Contributions Annual Issue 56 - 2023
Products manufactured in Europe not only mean security of supply in the event of pandemics, crises and wars. They are backed up by regional production, short distances and forward-looking partners who ensure that the best water is transported by network operators to consumers with maximum safety …