Hi Rachel, the water network as it is will almost certainly happen, it might also get bigger. according to last years water equipment order there is a lot more water equipment.
if that is still in storage, the water network will be way bigger, if you guys have your own PE pipe than for sure bring it, and i will do my best to connect you guys, the pipe thickness is 20MM

Hey there,

I was a bit confused about the site plan. Our great monkey camp (40 people) would be happy to have some water on site and the site plan first had new pipes going towards beehive. Then for the last couple days this pipe was not on the site plan anymore and today it was back. So my question would be:

Is there a new water pipe now going toward beehive?

And if yes, would it be alright if we as the monkey camp bring PE pipe and connect it to the closest allocator and bury the pipe underground?

If that is no option we just stick to our water canisters ;)

Cheers, Rachel

Yes agreed, this is all exactly the same as in previous years. We just need to make it clear in the survival guide that the water is not tested/certified as drinking water, i.e. use is at own risk which i understand is important from insurance perspective... but the water is drinking quality at the connection point up at the street, it's just that the water system on site isn't tested/verified. But e.g. using it for cooking etc. should be perfectly fine.

I would suggest phrasing it the following way: "Kiezburn provides water to its participants at multipe points across the site. The water is not tested and certified as drinking water quality so use is 100% at your own risk. Please note that this is only due to the pipes/hoses used to distribute the water on site. The water that enters the pipes on the site is drinking quality, but we can't guarantee it is still drinking quality at the other end."

@Caroline would be great if you can please capture that if it's not in there already, thank you!

Awesome, good to know everything goes, ah sorry, flows its way. We will update if the Amt or anyone reaches out for testing, but I really don´t expect so.

Hi @Annette thanks for the info, for this year testing seems to be hard, next year easier because we will have fixed endpoints 2019 and 2018 we also didnt have tested water, we do follow all standards from DVGW, so technically it should be fine, the wasserstandrohr is reserved for us, just needs to be picked up on friday 06.08 before 14:00 in demmin, im not sure yet who will do this

@Sven Dudink for you information some updates from site liaison:
The water is not officially drinking water, but should be ok to drink. It has not being checked, so. drinking is only on own risk! Freiland also announced before their event "No drinking water on site, bring your own". We might need to inform people about that?

If necessary, there will be a testing by the water authority (as it was planned for 2020), this would costs money per sample. We don´t expect it to happen and I don´t want to awaken sleeping dogs, it also did not happen at Freiland Sommerfest. If they come, than probably because the Ordnungsamt send them and we will know beforehand.

We need to get a "Zurohr" at GKU Demmin. I guess @Jan Thomas knows more.

You could't make me any happier than with this message today :)

As for now the plan is to connect amazonia, and im also fairly sure that will happen