Lauenau must continue to save water

According to the drinking water shortage on the weekend, the municipality sets Lauenau, in lower Saxony’s district of Schaumburg, on the willingness of the people to save water. The situation was manageable, said George Hudalla, non-party mayor of the Samtgemeinde Rodenberg, one of the Lauenau. Around 4000 people in Lauenau had already responded on Saturday afternoon to the scarcity of water, the consumption had dropped by two-thirds. In the next few days, must be saved according to the water operation, but more.

After the drinking water supply was broken on Saturday, in the meantime, together, eased the situation a day later. On Saturday afternoon, the water tank was empty. The Problem is In the Corona-pandemic, the people had remained mostly at home, instead of going on vacation, therefore, the private consumption of water had increased greatly, – said the mayor. The fire Department provides water for flushing the toilet, the could pick up the people. Tank vehicles should not be used. dpa/Moritz Frankenberg/dpa forces of the voluntary fire brigade extinguishing water to be drawn from the Tank of one of their emergency vehicles.

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