An innovative app created by the water company EYDAP reveals curious stories behind how water has flowed through Athens through the ages.
A walk through familiar places can still be exciting if it you look at it through a different lens. Recently, I stumbled upon an interactive map, created by the water company EYDAP, which takes its users on a journey along Athens’s water networks.
The National Garden, Ardittou Street, and Vasilissis Amalias and Vasilissis Sofias avenues all join up, water-wise, to form a route where each stop is a bridge to the city’s past. Starting from EYDAP’s public water fountain at the start of Ermou Street, we fill our water bottles and then head up to Othonos Street.
At the intersection of Othonos and Amalias once stood the Boubounistra Gate, part of the Haseki Wall which protected Athens in the 19th century. Nothing remains of the gate at this spot today, but we know what it looked like from a sketch by the Irish traveler Edward Dodwell (1805).
The gate took its name from the spring waters that “thundered” (“boubounizo” means “to thunder, to make noise”) down from the district of Ampelokipi. It was built with reused architectural remains from ancient buildings, among them the marble pediment from Hadrian’s cistern that can still be seen on Lycabettus Hill.
Part of that reused material is now “hidden” in the National Garden, where we will seek it out a little later.
Les prochaines étapes du grand appel d'offres d'EYDAP de 291 millions d'euros
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Les deux régimes qui ont été qualifiés et…
Η ΕΥΔΑΠ επίσης, θα εκτελέσει έργα μεγάλης εμβέλειας προκειμένου να διασφαλιστεί η επαρκής κάλυψη των αναγκών υδροδότησης του Μητροπολιτικού Πόλου Ελληνικού που εκτιμώνται σε 17.000 κυβικά μέτρα την ημέρα. Η ΕΥΔΑΠ ανακοίνωσε η σύναψη Μνημονίου Συνεργασίας και Κατανόησης με τη Lamda Development, μέσω...
EYDAP will also carry out large-scale projects in order to ensure the adequate coverage of the water supply needs of the Metropolitan Pole of Hellinikon, which are estimated at 17,000 cubic meters per day.
EYDAP announced the conclusion of a Memorandum of Cooperation and Understanding with Lamda Development, through its subsidiary ELLINIKO S.A. ("LAMDA") which concerns the water supply, drainage and facility for the production of recycled water, as well as an urban and peri-urban distribution network of recycled water to cover the needs of the Metropolitan Pole Hellinikon - Agios Kosmas.
The Memorandum was signed in the context of the implementation of the Integrated Development Plan (IDP) of the Hellinikon - Agios Kosmas Metropolitan Pole of the Attica Region, with the aim of utilizing and redeveloping the site of the former Hellinikon airport.
EYDAP, in the context of the cooperation with ELLINIKO S.A., will supervise the construction of the water supply, drainage, production and disposal of recycled water projects, while, after their completion, it will assume responsibility for their operation, maintenance and management .
EYDAP will also carry out large-scale projects in order to ensure the adequate coverage of the water supply needs of the Metropolitan Pole of Hellinikon which are estimated at 17,000 cubic meters per day in its full development. Finally, the construction of a recycled water production facility is planned which will cover the needs of the communal and open green spaces of Hellinikon Park. The capacity of the above installation, in full development, will be of the order of 7,000 cubic meters per day.
For the two Companies, the application of the rules of the circular economy is a key factor in their strategic planning and the implementation of their investment plans, making use of all technologically advanced water resources management tools with the ultimate aim of preserving the resource and protecting the environment and public health.
Statements
The CEO of EYDAP, Mr. Haris Sahinis stated: "EYDAP, guided by its corporate strategy which is based on the pillars of sustainable development and the circular economy for the benefit of society, consumers, employees and its shareholders, wishes to assist in one of the largest investments in the country, contributing with its know-how to the achievement of the technically and environmentally excellent solution in the matter of integrated water management with water supply, collection, production of recycled water for the development and preservation of greenery , which the capital needs so much, without wasting the natural resource"
The CEO of Lamda Development SA, Mr. Odysseas Athanasiou, also referred to the importance of the Memorandum, stating among other things: "The regeneration of Hellinikon is a point of reference for sustainable development, innovation and pioneering. For the first time in Greece, an innovative biological wastewater treatment unit and recycled water network will be built to meet the needs of shared green and open spaces. This project, in its full development, aspires to cover all the needs of the Metropolitan Pole Hellinikon - Agios Kosmas and to be an example of good management of water resources. Faithful to our commitment, we are implementing the largest urban regeneration in Europe committed to protecting the environment for the benefit of the country and its citizens."
Mε την ολοκλήρωση του σχηματισμού bullish 5-0, στο σημείο D στις 574 μονάδες ήρθε και η ανοδική αντίδραση, όμως είχαμε γράψει: ότι η άνοδος θα αποκτήσει ισχύ εάν περάσει το ενδιάμεσο υψηλό στις 592 μονάδες.Και να διασπάσει ανοδικά την αντίσταση τα περιθώρια ανόδου ίσως να είναι μικρά. Αυτό που χρειάζεται είναι υπέρβαση των 620 μονάδων, ακύρωση του μεγάλου κόκκινου κεριού στις 24/06 και…
On September 26th, the Greek Parliament is keeping up with its memorandum routine. It votes for the multi-bill that contains the “pre-requisite” measures in order to secure the next tranche of 2.8 billion euros. One of the measures is the transfer of public property (including the state’s shares in the public water companies) to the “Hellenic Company of Assets and Participations”, better known in Greece as the “Super Fund”.
Now imagine an almost Marvel-like anti-hero (or maybe a villain) with a white collar–like costume and very abstract intentions. If we’d wish to make some assumptions about the future of the privatisation of Greek water , we’d need to find out what exact superpowers this “Super-fund” holds; and most importantly against whom it is going to turn them.
Despite the Council of State’s verdict that called the attempted privatisation of the Athens Water Company (EYDAP) unconstitutional in 2014, activists, unions and organizations that deal with the matter think that the possibility of privatisation is back for good. Different approaches underline the complexity of the matter, but it seems it will be the “Super Fund” that will determine whether the era of an extreme selling off of Greek public property begins now. An era when neoliberalism is having super fun(d).
Οι ταύροι μπορεί να χαίρονται προς στιγμή αλλά οι υπόλοιποι δεν έχουν αλλάξει ακόμα την στάση τους. Το χρήμα παραμένει ακόμα εκτός αγοράς. Όπως φαίνεται στο εβδομαδιαίο διάγραμμα ο δείκτης παραμένει ακόμα εντός του σύννεφου-αντίστασης και ο εβδομαδιαίος όγκος συνεχίζει να μειώνεται. Άνοδος χωρίς σημαντική αύξηση του όγκου…
