Directly from the Bavarian alpine upland, the drinking water comes to the Bavarian capital. From three different mining areas, it flows fresh from the source in a natural gradient to Munich.
The excellent drinking water increases the quality of life of the cosmopolitan city of Munich. In order to meet the needs of more than 1.5 million people in an ecologically responsible manner, the city and Stadtwerke München have developed three supply areas over the decades that complement each other and bring one of Europe's best drinking water from the Alpine foothills to Munich: the Mangfall Valley, the Loisachtal and as a reserve the Munich gravel plain. The Mangfall region around the Taubenberg in the municipality of Weyarn - recreational area of extraordinary beauty and natural paradise. Shaped by the glaciers of the last ice age, mountains and abundance of water shape this landscape. The area holds a unique groundwater treasure. Four rich groundwater streams meet here in the underground. As sources they spring in the valley bottom and on the steep slopes of the Mangfalltal.
The SWM Initiative Ökobauern has created one of the largest organically managed areas in Germany.
For around 75 percent of the daily water requirement
The versions in Mangfalltal lie about 100 meters above the center of Munich. This favorable altitude makes it possible to direct the recovered water in free fall, so without additional energy, to Munich.
The three free-standing plants deliver an average of around 2,800 liters of water a second of the base load and thus cover about 80 percent of Munich's daily water requirements.
For the peak demand, the well groups Thalham Nord and Thalham Süd are also available. They were created in 1948 and 1949 and, because of their depth, they support groundwater from deep regions.
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