Smart with water: children get to work in the Gavers

Not coincidentally on the Gavers: the pond turns out to be important for our drinking water.

How does water come out of our tap?

About 250 students from different schools in Harelbeke are preparing for World Water Day next Wednesday. In the Gavers they learn everything about water.

“The goal is actually that children know how tap water comes home,” says Tijs Naert, alderman for sustainability and the environment in Harelbeke.

“It is true that everyone finds that obvious, and it is actually the case in the meantime. But it is also still good that they all know why it is good to drink tap water. Water is actually liquid gold, so in that sense it is It’s good that they know what they’re getting of value at home.”

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Purify water from canal

The Gavers are not just a recreational domain. Here they also purify the water from the Bossuit-Kortrijk canal. It ends up here in the Gaver ponds.

“It stays here for a period of 4 months. Moreover, the pond has a self-cleaning effect for the water. Then it goes back to the water production center. There it receives a final purification step and then we bring it to people’s homes,” says Brigitte Van Damme, spokesperson for De Watergroep.