Josef Schnurrer/FBS

Sewer with storage capacity and overflow in high-quality design

Waste water treatment must comply with the “best available technologies” according to the Water Framework Directive of the European Union. In order to meet these requirements, the Frankish town of Ebermannstadt shut down two settling ponds last year and built a state-of-the-art combined waste water plant. Several special concrete structures manufactured in compact design and in accordance with the quality guidelines of the Association of Concrete Pipes and Reinforced Concrete Pipes (Fachvereinigung Betonrohre und Stahlbetonrohre = FBS) have a special function in this design.

Until mid-2016, the...

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