High Ward Waterworks
The Hohe Ward waterworks is a waterworks of the Münster municipal utility . It is located in the Hiltrup district of Münster , in the middle of the Hohe Ward forest and recreation area . The Art Nouveau building erected at the beginning of the 20th century is still in operation today and is a listed building . This makes it one of the oldest technical structures in Münster that is still in use.
history
In 1905 the municipal gas, electricity and water works, the forerunner of the later Stadtwerke Münster, began building a pumping station in the then still independent municipality of Hiltrup. The Hohe Ward lies above the Muensterland gravel belt , from which the groundwater is extracted. After its commissioning in July 1906, it was the fifth pumping station to produce drinking water for Münster. In 1911 the pumping station had to be temporarily taken out of service for the construction of a de-ironing system, but was subsequently the first Münster waterworks with such a system. This became necessary after iron compounds had formed in the water due to a lowering of the groundwater level, which clouded the drinking water in the city.
After the closure of another pumping station in Münster in the 1920s, groundwater recharge began in the Hohen Ward : surface water was pumped from the Dortmund-Ems Canal into the extraction area of the Hohen Ward via a 3.5 kilometer pipe and drained there.
In 1988, more than 80 years after construction, the pumping station building was listed as a historical monument. In the same year, two drinking water storage tanks were built on the site, and two years later an activated carbon filter system for treating surface water. The Hohe Ward drinking water catchment area has been part of a nature trail run by the NABU Münsterland nature reserve since 2008 . Information boards explain, among other things, water extraction and behavioral guidelines. Since the Hohe Ward also serves as a local recreation area for Münster, public paths lead directly to the wells and thus also through the water protection zone II . Driving on these paths with motorized vehicles is not permitted due to water protection regulations.
Drinking water production
In the Hohe Ward waterworks, the municipal utilities can produce up to 5.5 million cubic meters of drinking water annually. That is around 25% of the water requirement for Münster. The groundwater is pumped from 28 wells, the surface water is seeped away through 18 enrichment basins.
Web links
- Flyer "All clear" from Stadtwerke Münster (PDF; 1.5 MB)
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Westfälische Nachrichten : Open Monument Day: Visit the Hohe Ward waterworks , Stadtwerke Nachrichten, Stadtwerke Münster, September 5, 2015
- ↑ Stadtmuseum Münster (ed.): Energy & Movement. 100 years of Stadtwerke Münster. Münster 2001, page 18.
- ↑ Flyer "100 Years of the Hohe Ward Waterworks".
Coordinates: 51 ° 53 ' N , 7 ° 41' E