Old brick building from 1925. Before the waterworks, the water treatment is explained and illustrated on exhibits. At a small faucet you can refill your water supplies.

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October 5, 2020

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The water from Cologne is there! A historic waterworks can be found in Volkhoven / Weiler, which, after some extensions and modernizations, still secures a large part of Cologne's drinking water supply on the left bank of the Rhine.

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Rolf K.

November 6, 2020

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Objective lesson in passing: This is how our drinking water is extracted, filtered and directed.

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