He helped supply the city to water for hundreds of years, but he stopped using the Roman era. The Athens began to reuse it at the end of the 19th century.
The Greek capital is one of the hottest and densely inhabited cities in Europe and the climate change of summer heat in the city is getting worse. Athens have therefore decided to use the ancient heritage to fight high temperatures and overloaded infrastructure. TASR informs about this on the basis of AFP report.
Among the parked cars in the suburbs of Athens, the city workers assemble a pump to an ancient stone well that leads to aqueduct built almost 2000 years ago.
Officials draw money from the European Union to restore Hadrian’s aqueduct, a 24 kilometer -long underground channel named after the Roman Emperor, who financed its construction in 140.
Last year, the public benefit company Eydap repeatedly warned the Athens that they had to save drinking water because stocks are shrinking.
Katerina Apostolopulus, who manages the project in the suburbs of Chanders, about ten kilometers from the center of Athens, said the water will not be of drinking quality, but will be used in the summer “for cleaning and irrigation of parks and gardens” to save drinking water.
The well in the suburbs of Chalandri is more than 20 meters deep and is part of the network of 300 ancient wells. Eydap called the aqueduct “Archaeological and Engineering Miracle” and called for a larger number of green areas in the city that hardly hit the climate crisis.
“It is one of the most important ancient aqueducts in Europe,” said George Sachinis, director of EYDAP strategy and innovation.
Aqueduct helped supply the city to water for hundreds of years, but after the Roman era it stopped using. The Athens began to reuse it at the end of the 19th century. After the construction of two dams near the city, however, was again abandoned.
The Chanderri project aims to support green areas and improve the microclimate through water recycling while emphasizing the archaeological and cultural importance of the whole monument.
