Study Trip 2020: Hamburg

Highlights:

HAMBURG WASSER is the water and wastewater specialist for the city of Hamburg, providing both water and wastewater services through one company.  

The Innovative HAMBURG WATER Cycle®

The HAMBURG WATER Cycle® (HWC) concept provides a holistic approach to both the energy supply and sanitation needs in urban areas. In this approach, the complimentary areas of water and energy infrastructure become interdependent, simultaneously protecting water resources and utilizing wastewater to produce energy. Thus, it is possible to close the material cycles directly in the residential environment. 

The most critical component of the HAMBURG WATER Cycle® is the separate treatment of the different wastewater streams, the so-called partial flow treatment. Stormwater, wastewater from the toilet, and wastewater from the kitchen and bathroom (when washing hands or using the washing machine for example) are separately collected and then separately treated. Read more 

 


We are hoping to visit the Jenfelder Au, the first neighborhood in Hamburg where the HAMBURG WATER Cycle® will be incorporated into newly constructed buildings. The neighborhood, which also incorporates other efficient approaches for energy production, comes very close to fully fulfilling the vision of a neighborhood with a completely self-sufficient energy supply.  Read more

For almost 100 years, the slow sand filtration plant on Kaltehofe supplied the Hanseatic city with clean drinking water. Only a few minutes from the center of Hamburg, the Wasserkunst Elbinsel Kaltehofe today combines industrial monument, museum and natural park.  Read more

Currently Europe’s largest inner-city development project, HafenCity is a blueprint for the development of a European city on the waterfront.

On an area of 157 ha, a lively city with a maritime air is taking shape, bringing together workplace and residential uses, culture and leisure, tourism and retail facilities. What sets it apart from other major international urban waterside development projects is the area’s very central location and the high expectations of quality reflected, for instance, in its fine-grained mix of uses, standards of urbanity and ecological sustainability, and its innovative development process.

The intensive interaction between land and water can also be regarded as unique, for HafenCity is neither surrounded by dikes, nor cut off from the water. With the exception of the quays and promenades, the whole area will be raised to between 8 and 9 m above sea level. The concept of building on artificial compacted mounds (warfts) lends an area once dominated by port and industrial uses a new, characteristic topography, retaining access to the water and the typical port atmosphere, while guaranteeing protection from floods. Read more

Image credits:

Thanks to Daniel Mennerich for "Hamburg - Speicherstadt Wasserschloß 02" reproduced under creative commons license at Flickr.com
Thanks to _DChris for "HafenCity"reproduced under creative commons license at Flickr.com
Other images reproduced with thanks to Hamburg Wasser and Wasserkunste Kaltehofe