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As we already know from our first post about Munich’s sewage system it was created over 200 years ago and only happened after a big #epidemic catastrophe in which Queen Therese of Bavaria died. 1900 around 78% of the 480.000 citizens of #Munich were connected to the #sewer.
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During that time, all the #wastewater was just added to the Isar river in the north of Munich. The city’s #sewagesystem was built with a small decline to the north. Therefore, it didn’t need a lot of pumps or other technical equipment to channel the #water in that
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direction. #People that lived down the #river, i.e., in #Freising and #Landshut protested about all the dirt in the water and its smell. In 1926, the first #wastewater treatment plant “Gut #Großlappen” was built. It is in the north of Munich, close to the #Allianzarena.
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