Velen-Tannenbültenberg waterworks

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The Velen-Tannenbültenberg waterworks is located in the North Rhine-Westphalian Westmünsterland south of Velen - Ramsdorf on the north slope ( 80  m above sea  level ) of the Tannenbültenberg ( 107.4  m above sea level ), the highest point of the mountain range Die Berge .

The waterworks of RWW Rheinisch-Westfälische Wasserwerkgesellschaft mbH have been extracting drinking water from three deep wells since 1958 . From a depth of 60 to 100 meters, this fountain gallery pumps ultra-pure groundwater from the Haltern Sands and the Recklinghausen sand marls. Only the naturally higher concentration of dissolved iron requires treatment using a de-ironing system .

The entire waterworks was modernized in 1995/1996 with a new treatment and storage system. The iron removal capacity was increased to 300 m³ / h. The residues of the system are collected and disposed of together with those of the RWW waterworks Dorsten-Holsterhausen . The waterworks is monitored and controlled by the RWW-Ruhrwasserwerk Styrum / Ost .

In September 1979, the Münster district government established the Velen-Tannenbültenberg water protection area of ​​around 290 hectares.

The waterworks supplies the city of Velen and the districts Burlo and Weseke of the district town of Borken. In recent years, 300,000 m³ to 335,000 m³ of groundwater have been pumped and treated in the waterworks.

Individual evidence

  1. AWHS, Velen-Tannenbültenberg water protection area of ​​the Rheinisch-Westfälische Wasserwerkgesellschaft

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Coordinates: 51 ° 52 ′ 3.1 ″  N , 6 ° 56 ′ 41.8 ″  E